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Category Archives: Soulful Expressions
A Little One Still Loved
Stephanie Paige Cole’s bereavement of a stillborn daughter blossoms into expression and compassion
Imagine preparing for the birth of your new baby with all the joy and anticipation of this new being in your life. Sweet reminders of her arrival turn up throughout your home in soft and cheerful colors: a stroller, blankets, … Continue reading
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Tagged Bereavement, Grief, Grieving Mother, guidance, poet, stigma, stillbirth, Stillborn, support
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The House Awaiting Death
If you could build a house just for the dying process, what would it look like? EASTERN Design Office shows us.
“A house awaiting death,” the client said to us, “I will die in 15 years [and] it will be a house awaiting that death. When I die it won’t be sunset, it will be sunrise. When the final moment comes, … Continue reading
Fighting in Style: The Evolution of Breast Cancer Awareness Merchandise
Cancer survivor Allison W. Gryphon and designer Piper Gore don't want cancer fighters to compromise style
When Allison W. Gryphon was diagnosed with breast cancer, she knew she would have to adjust to major lifestyle changes – but compromising her style was not up for question. She collaborated with designer Piper Gore to create the “Fighter … Continue reading
Phoenix Rysing Poets Express Grief through Spoken Word
A creative writing workshop lets Richmond youth address the loss of loved ones to violence, while finding healing and forgiveness through their poetry
“Everything I can’t say, I can write. And then that’s when it comes out.” That’s what Johnae Collins, 16, told Richmond Confidential. Collins is a member of RAW Talent, an after-school creative writing program founded in Richmond, California by Jefferson … Continue reading
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Tagged California Shakespeare Theater, Coping with Grief and Loss through Poetry, Creative Writing, Creative Writing Workshops Focused on Loss and Grief, Donte Clark, Intersection for the Arts, Johnae Collins, Molly Raynor, Phoenix Rysing, Poetry, Poetry and Death, Poetry and healing, RAW Talent, Richmond California, Triangle Lab
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Death in Tahiti: Gauguin’s “Spirit of the Dead Watching”
Paul Gauguin made many paintings in his beloved Tahiti — but one stands out above the rest for its fixation on Tahitian death beliefs
Artist Paul Gauguin (1848-1903) fell in love with Tahiti. A native Parisian, the painter’s productivity thrived in a setting that provided an otherwise unimaginable landscape filled with inspiration. What makes his oeuvre unique is not only its integral role in … Continue reading
Expressing Grief with Style: A Woman’s Healing Journey into Fashion
Alyssa Wasko’s fashion line, Donni Charm, turned her grief into a discovery of expression
Alyssa Wasko has a picture of herself as a little girl flying through the air on a swing. Her smiling father is on a swing next to her. “Our eyes are deadlocked on one another, making sure that as high … Continue reading
