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Category Archives: Soulful Expressions
A Unique Celebration for a Seattle Artist — A Joyful Memorial Water Ballet
Rose Briar Bates asked friends to dance in her honor after her death
When Seattle-area artist Briar Bates learned she was dying, she wasted little time feeling sorry for herself. Upbeat and quirky before her diagnosis, she continued in much the same vein as an aggressive cancer rapidly stole her life. Diagnosed in … Continue reading
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“The Wedding Dress” Perfectly Captures a Young Woman’s Grief
The 1911 oil painting by Frederick Elwell tells the story of love and loss
“The Wedding Dress” by Frederick Elwell is a study in contrasts. A young woman dressed all in black kneels on the floor of a dark bedroom, her face resting on her arms. Beside her is an open chest; on the … Continue reading
Architecture Firm HofmanDujardin Designed A New Kind Of Funeral Home
The funeral center is a welcomed deviation from your typical funeral space
Sometimes it takes a bit of personal loss for an urge to create to become a need. Michiel Hofman and Barbara Dujardin, founding partners of the Dutch architectural firm HofmanDujardin, used the death of a close friend as inspiration when … Continue reading
Pop Icon Annie Lennox Reflects on the Certainty of Death
Her installation, “Now I Let You Go” features meaningful artifacts from the celebrated songstress' life
Annie Lennox is a legend. Unarguably the better half of the Eurythmics, the duo she formed with songwriter and record producer Dave Stewart in 1980, she has been celebrated for four decades as an icon, an innovator, and one of … Continue reading
Emilio Villalba’s “Symbols of Death, Signs of Life”
Artist’s 2018 work veers away from his reputation as a portrait painter
Emilio Villalba, a San Francisco-based artist best known for portraits featuring distorted facial features on thickly painted backgrounds, took a bold new direction for his series titled “Symbols of Death, Signs of Life.” The paintings, shown at San Francisco’s Modern … Continue reading
Decorated Radiation Masks Turn Suffering into Art
Head and neck cancer patients wore the masks during radiation therapy
For the uninitiated, the very idea of radiation therapy is frightening enough. The implications of the treatment for the human body are obvious. Radiation powers nuclear weapons — it’s counterintuitive to think it could possibly be good for you. But … Continue reading
