A Video Art Installation on How Even the Hardest Seasons Give Way to a New Day

Charles Atlas “Kiss the Day Goodbye” Currently on View at the Tampa Museum of Art
Posted on January 3, 2026 by Chelsea Kirtley
Images of an art installation of sunsets and sun rises reminds us that difficult seasons of our lives are followed by the dawning of a new day

The luscious images of the video installation express the ephemeral nature of the human experience and the liminal space between life and death.
Credit: Tampa Museum of Art

“Kiss the Day Goodbye” is a video art installation by New York-based filmmaker, Charles Atlas, known for his cinematic collaborations with American dancer and choreographer Merce Cunningham. Atlas served as assistant stage manager and videographer with Cunningham’s dance company in the 1970s and 1980s and made significant contributions to “media-dance”, a form of art that conceives choreography for film rather than live performance. 

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Happy New Year from the SevenPonds Team!

Wishing you 365 days of self-nurturing and soft contemplation
Posted on December 31, 2025 by Chelsea Kirtley

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23 Amusing Quotes About The Nature and Inevitability of Death

Famous minds' clever musings about death
Posted on December 26, 2025 by Rory James Sullivan (Blog Writer, SevenPonds)

As the authors of these 23 Amusing Quotes About The Nature and Inevitability of Death recognized, life is better with a little entertainment.  Enlist these quips to lessen the emotional burden of life’s heaviest load, the inevitability of death.

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Merry Christmas from the SevenPonds Team

May peace gently envelope you like a blanket of fresh snow on Christmas morning.
Posted on December 25, 2025 by Chelsea Kirtley

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Music Review: “Fourth of July” by Sufjan Stevens

A fictional conversation between the songwriter and his dying mother
Posted on December 21, 2025 by Ariana Barnes (Magazine Writer)
The cover for the album Carrie & Lowell by Sufjan Stevens Credit: Asthmatic Kitty Records

The cover for the album Carrie & Lowell by Sufjan Stevens

Credit: Asthmatic Kitty Records

Michigan-born songwriter Sufjan Stevens has a reputation for deeply personal, emotionally complex folk music that often deals with family, faith, and, commonly, mortality. “Fourth of July” from the 2015 album Carrie & Lowell is one of the most prominent entries in these themes, especially regarding death, grief, and mortality. 

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Movie Review: “Come See Me In The Good Light,” Produced by Tig Notaro

A film about love, cancer, death, and poetry evokes ample tears while being incredibly life-affirming.
Posted on December 17, 2025 by Caitlin Manner (Blog Writer) SevenPonds
Poets Andrea Gibson and Megan Falley with their dog in promotional poster for the documentary "Come See Me in the Good Light"

Andrea Gibson and Megan Falley laughing together in the trailer for “Come See Me In The Good Light”

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The 2025 film, “Come See Me In The Good Light,” follows poet/activist Andrea Gibson (whose pronouns are “they/them”) and their partner Megan Falley as they navigate the time Gibson had left after receiving a diagnosis of terminal ovarian cancer. 

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