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Category Archives: Lending Insight
”Flight From Death-The Quest For Immortality” by Patrick Shen
Documentary explores the ways death anxiety motivates human behavior
In the documentary film “Flight From Death-The Quest For Immortality,” filmmakers Patrick Shen and Greg Bennick explore the uniquely human cognitive problem of being consciously aware of our own mortality: We are living organisms with the ability to recognize that … Continue reading
“Sad Isn’t Bad: A Good Grief Guidebook for Kids Dealing With Loss” by Michaelene Mundy
An educator and mother provides sound advice for children who are grieving a loved one's loss
Helping a child understand death is a challenging task, especially when you are grieving yourself. Children experience many of the same emotions as adults when they lose a loved one, although they process their grief in very different ways. Young … Continue reading
“Departures” by Yōjirō Takita
This Japanese film explores the taboo of working intimately with death
In “Departures,” Yōjirō Takita points out the absurdity of a culture that holds onto rich death rituals while condemning those who perform them. The emotional, sometimes downright hilarious, movie explores why we need death traditions and shines light on a practice that … Continue reading
“Final Gifts: Understanding the Special Awareness, Needs, and Communications of the Dying” by Maggie Callanan and Patricia Kelley
Two hospice nurses explain nearing death awareness
Maggie Callanan and Patricia Kellley, the authors of “Final Gifts,” are hospice nurses with years of experience in the care of dying patients. In the course of their experience, they noticed that people close to death began to communicate their … Continue reading
”Finding Your Way after Your Parent Dies” by Richard Gilbert
Advice for grieving adults is mixed bag of useful insights and misleading comforts based on Christian beliefs
Richard Gilbert, an Anglican priest and the author of “Finding Your Way after Your Parent Dies: Hope for Grieving Adults,” has the very best intentions. In the introduction to the book, he is clear about breaking free of proscribed ideas … Continue reading
“A Moveable Feast” by Ernest Hemingway
We revisit Hemingway's classic to contemplate how the deaths of WWI hovered over Paris' "roaring" years.
I’d never meditated on “A Moveable Feast“’s relationship with death. Sure, I’d thought of Ernest Hemingway’s classic as a book about the obvious: hunger and gratitude, honesty and unrelenting love. F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald were champions of the latter … Continue reading
