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Category Archives: Soulful Expressions
Exploring Grief, Loss, Death and Dying
Bloggers exploring the end-of-life through poetry, art, and prose.
Exploring Death This anonymous blogger created the blog entitled SarSaparillameliSSa to explore her world through photography and the written word. “The Tree that Bleeds” is a poem dedicated to exploring death. Here’s an excerpt: Long sunset shadows chill his bones. … Continue reading
Posted in Soulful Expressions
Tagged Art, Blogging, Death, Grief, Healing, Loss, Poetry
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Three Buildings With One Singular Message
Inappropriate Holocaust and Nazi references in design of buildings, particularly crematoriums
Woodland Crematorium is a very popular Swedish tourist stop but also has a similar design to that of Zeppelin Field, the Nazi’s party rally grounds. A comparison of three buildings and the history behind them reveal the inappropriate design of a this famous crematorium – a crematorium no less. Continue reading
Posted in Soulful Expressions
Tagged Crematorium, Crematory, Holocaust, International Crematoriums, Jewish, Woodland Crematorium
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Happy Easter from SevenPonds!
A Day to Celebrate the Lives of Loved Ones We've Lost and Those Still With Us
Happy Easter from all of us at SevenPonds! Today, millions of people around the world are rejoicing at the renewal of life — join them, and spread joy to the lives of everyone around you. We welcome all of our … Continue reading
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Tagged Celebration of Life, Easter, Holiday, Rebirth, Remembrance
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Controversial Art Finds a Home in the East Bay
Varese Layzer's Artwork Joins Others' Addressing the Loss of a Loved One
Photographer Varese Layzer has found a welcoming home for her collection Making Room, photographs that document her experience of clearing out her childhood home after her mother’s death. Nine months ago, the collection was removed from its promised (and contracted) … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, Installation, Krowswork, Loss of a Loved One, photography, San Francisco Bay Area, Video
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[A]Dressing the Dead: Garments for the Grave
Pia Interlandi Designs Burial Clothing for Stages of Transformation
Pia Interlandi is a fashion designer, artist, funeral celebrant, and teacher based in Melbourne, Australia. She often incorporates ideas of death, ritual, and transformation into her unique designs, and has even designed clothing for burial, informed by a fascination with human … Continue reading
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Tagged Burial, Death, Design, Fashion, Fashion design, Pia Interlandi
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Kourageous Kids Storybooks Make Children the Heroes of Their Own Stories
Custom Storybooks Offer Strength, Love, Compassion, and Courage to Children with Life-Threatening Illnesses
Kourageous Kids Storybooks was created to bring hope, joy, and laughter to children fighting cancer and other life-threatening illnesses. The organization creates custom picture books that depict the children as heroes and heroines in a story of their choice. The … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, Books, Children, Kourageous Kids Storybooks, Picture book, terminal illness
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