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Category Archives: Soulful Expressions
Steady On: The USS Arizona Memorial, Honolulu
Reflecting on the deaths of Pearl Harbor
“I saw how easy, how fast, it is to die,” says Army veteran Edward Davis on the atmosphere of one of history’s most tragic dates, December 7th, 1941 : the attack on Pearl Harbor. Close to 2,400 people lost their … Continue reading
Eco-burials: Planting the Seed
Anna Citelli and Raoul Bretzel envision a cemetery dotted not by headstones but by trees
There’s been a rising trend in the past decade to reduce our end-of-life footprint. It is a hefty task, and one that calls for us to re-evaluate our burial options amongst other things. For many, that means having a “green” … Continue reading
An Undying Love: “Around Her” by Marc Chagall
How the tragedy, joy and beauty of Marc Chagall and Bella Rosenfeld's romance was immortalized in the artist's work
Bella Rosenfeld met Marc Chagall in the summer of 1909 on a visit to St. Petersburg. Marc was an aspiring artist, in the throes of creating his now famous oeuvre. Bella, the daughter of a successful jeweler, was in the … Continue reading
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Tagged Around Her, Autour d'elle, Bella and Marc, Bella Rosenfeld, Chagall, Chagall death, Grief, Grieving, Marc Chagall, Mourning
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Coffin or Batmobile? The Work of Gregor Haiduk
Haiduk's controversial coffins raise a pertinent question: are there unspoken rules on how we ought to be buried?
“To me, for example, a coffin is more than just a container fulfilling certain standards,” says Polish-born designer Gregor Haiduk. Haiduk has long been designing coffins that challenge our conception of what a traditional coffin ought to be; his visions … Continue reading
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Tagged Burial options, Coffin, Death, German design, Gregor Haiduk, Haiduk, modern coffin, Polish designer
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Man Ray & Modigliani’s Death Mask
How Man Ray's "Death Mask" becomes not only an homage to a man's life but also to the interconnected nature of creation and death
Man Ray (1890-1976) was the South Philadelphia-born artist who, after making a break for Europe, became one of the fathers of Dadaism in Paris’s creative hub. Meanwhile, the Italian Amedeo Clemente Modigliani (1884-1920) added to his oeuvre of modern paintings … Continue reading
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Tagged Dada, Death, Death mask, Man Ray, Modigliani, Modigliani Death, Surrealism
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A Soft, Spherical Shelter
Cries and Whispers, a healing hideaway created by an award-winning designer Jephson Robb, was inspired by his seven-month old niece’s loss of her mother to cancer
A bright sphere the color of a purple crayon is on permanent display at the New York’s Museum of Modern Art. About five feet in diameter, this sculpture titled Cries and Whispers is made of soft felt and has a … Continue reading
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Tagged aesthetics and functionality, Art exhibition, Art world, Artist, award winning designer, Cancer, Cries and Whispers, Design, hideaway, Jephson Robb, moma, Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York City, Printing, protect human body and mind, SAFE, Sculpture, shelter
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