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Composting Bodies Is Now Legal in a Dozen States: Honoring Earth Day with a new kind of return to nature -
“Hand to Earth” by Andy Goldsworthy: Goldsworthy’s work using natural, found resources can serve as inspiration for incorporating art into loss -
Trans Remembrance Project Provides a Community of Grieving: Online shrine offers commiseration, resources and hope around the world
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Memorializing The Hands of The Dying
Trish Rogers provides plaster casts of the hands of the dying as a unique memorial for families
“Some hands are worn,” says Trish Rogers. “You can tell they’ve been through many things in life. Some hands are smooth because they’re kind of young and innocent.” She’s talking about the hands of the dying. Trish Rogers has studied … Continue reading
“Remnant” by Jean L. Kreiling
Allowing the storm to transform understandings of self and world
“Remnant” by Jean L. Kreiling challenges our desire to go back to the way things were. We all wish for that at some point or another, being tugged out of our comfort zone by life’s insistent and dynamic flux. And … Continue reading
Artist Depicts Transformative Nature of Death in Visionary Paintings
Autumn Skye Morrison finds beauty in the big picture
Autumn Skye Morrison has been called a visionary artist, but it could just as easily be said that she simply sees the bigger picture of our time on Earth. Her paintings are saturated with themes of birth, death and transformation, … Continue reading
Reclaiming Joy: “My Silver Lining” by First Aid Kit
Song expresses determination to continue living life after loss
Swedish sister duo First Aid Kit skillfully express the need to find meaning and pleasure in life after experiencing hardship. In “My Silver Lining,” they sing: Take me some place where there’s music and there’s laughter… There’s no starting over, … Continue reading
No Body There: The Empty Bed And The HIV/AIDS Crisis
Felix Gonzalez-Torres' billboard installation "Untitled" speaks to love and loss
Between February 20th and March 18th of 1991, 24 billboards throughout Manhattan showcased the monochrome image of an unmade double bed with rumpled sheets and depressions of a head in the center of each of the two pillows. No explanation accompanied the image; … Continue reading
Picasso’s Blues: Portraits of Loss
Picasso's Blue Period helps us cultivate compassion in difficult times
Pablo Picasso, a Spanish artist known widely for sparking the Cubist movement, had a long and prolific career that art historians have divided into distinct time-based categories, or “Periods.” With the suicide of his friend Carlos Casagemas in 1901, Picasso’s … Continue reading
