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Category Archives: Soulful Expressions
Harmony Amidst Change: Japan’s Kezouin Fuchu-shi Cemetery
Explore Japanese cemetery design, societal shifts, and the harmonious coexistence of past and present burial customs
Nestled in Fuchu City, Japan, the Kezouin Fuchu-shi Cemetery offers a serene landscape amidst its undulating black stone walking paths and islands of lush green moss. Crafted by Love Architecture, this stunning dry landscape garden not only celebrates the beauty … Continue reading
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“Anxiety and Hope in Japanese Art,” on Display at the Met
An exploration of Japanese art around death, suffering and hope
“Anxiety and Hope in Japanese Art,” the exhibit currently on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, offers a unique look at how Japanese art has intertwined grief and suffering with ideas about rebirth. Combining sacred objects … Continue reading
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“The Mausoleum of the Martyrdom of Polish Villages in Michniów” by Miroslaw Nizio
A haunting memorial to the victims of Nazi pacification campaigns
Over the course of World War II, Nazi forces committed innumerable atrocities upon the people of Poland. In addition to the violence of the extermination campaigns, German forces waged a war of terror against the Polish civilian populations living in … Continue reading
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Toronto Exhibit Uses Art to Stimulate Conversations About Dying
Art, culture and end-of-life issues collide in this thought-provoking experience
Dying.exhibit 2024, a concept designed to change the narrative around end of life, is currently on display through January 28 at the Ontario College of Art & Design (OCAD) University in Toronto, Canada.
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Dignified Hospice Design: Dans Arhitekti’s Hospice Facility in Ljubljana
The Power of Thoughtful, Human-Centered Design in Hospice Care Facilities
Hospice care facilities present a unique challenge for architects and designers. Although they are technically medical buildings requiring functional designs to accommodate health care staff and equipment, hospices are also intimate, emotional spaces where residents spend the last moments of … Continue reading
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Tagged Death and Dying, End-of-life care, Hospice, Palliative Care, SevenPonds
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Death: Life’s Greatest Mystery
A unique exhibit explores big questions around death through various cultures
The exhibit “Death: Life’s Greatest Mystery” is on display now at the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, Canada, through April 7, 2024. Originating at the Field Museum in Chicago in 2022, the exhibit traveled northward to open at ROM this … Continue reading
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