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Category Archives: Soulful Expressions
The Memorial des Martyrs de la Deportation
A modern architectural testament to the lives lost during the holocaust
There is an extensive roster of famous holocaust memorials throughout the world. Many of them share innovative modernist architecture and are as aesthetically elegant as they are haunting. The Memorial des Martyrs de la Deportation is an exemplary model; erected … Continue reading
New Eco-Friendly Coffin for Cremation
The Innovative Soul Ash Solace Coffin from Maximal Design of Belgium
Soul Ash Solace has an innovative design for a funereal vessel- it is made of light-weight materials that are completely biodegradable, (and much less harmful for our planet than showy, lacquered coffins and the like) such as papier-mache and corrugated … Continue reading
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Tagged Belgium, Biodegradable, Burial, Coffin, Cost of Dying, Cremation, Death, Death Care, Dying, Eco-Burial, environmental impact, Funeral, Noxious Fumes, Relic, Rememberance, SevenPonds, Soul, Soul Ash Coffin, United States
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Cloth as an Expression of Memory
Cherishing the clothes of loved ones lost
Cloth holds the memory of the person who wore it; it’s the reason why the clothing of someone who has died is often so cherished by their loved ones. Even if these clothes no longer serve a functional purpose to … Continue reading
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Etruscan Sarcophagi and the Marriage Bed (Part 2 of 2)
Etruscan burials and the marriage bed.
As time progressed, there was a cross-cultural pollination between the Etruscans and Greeks, where the former’s art evolved to bear the characteristics of their Hellenic neighbor’s. The highly stylized plasticity of the Etruscan figures yielded to an increasing realism, while … Continue reading
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Etruscan Sarcophagi and the Marriage Bed (Part 1 of 2)
An Ancient Civilization Views Death as a Banquet in the Afterlife
Despite their extensive historical legacy, the Romans were not the only ancient civilization to populate Italy. The Etruscans were a tribe located in what is currently known as Tuscany, though the famous historian Herodotus traces their origins to Asia Minor. … Continue reading
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Tagged Etruscan, Etruscan civilization, Greek, Italy, Rome, Sarcophagus of the Spouses
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Richard Carter’s Post-Mortem Cast “Troy Simon Burdine II”
The History of Death Masks
Troy Simon Burdine II was a casualty of the AIDS epidemic, so rife in the Bay Area during the nineties. Moribund after years of fighting the virus, he petitioned his friend Richard Carter to cast his full body after death. … Continue reading
