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Tag Archives: Cancer
What Do Trees and Hospice Centers Have in Common? An Interview with David Anthony Hall
Photographer David Anthony Hall reflects on his work's unique relationship with hospice centers -- as it turns out, we can learn a lot about death from a woodland outing
SevenPonds speaks with the Dublin-born, UK-based photographer David Anthony Hall. David’s work inspires its viewer to reflect upon his or her relationship with the natural world, and his sprawling photographs of woodlands have been recognized worldwide. But amongst his proudest … Continue reading
Why Does It Seem Like Everyone Has Cancer?
George Johnson, a former New York Times editor and reporter, analyzes why it seems likes everyone has cancer
In a recent article in the Sunday Review section of The New York Times, former editor and reporter George Johnson reflected on how “when the government publishes its Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer, it is followed … Continue reading
A Soft, Spherical Shelter
Cries and Whispers, a healing hideaway created by an award-winning designer Jephson Robb, was inspired by his seven-month old niece’s loss of her mother to cancer
A bright sphere the color of a purple crayon is on permanent display at the New York’s Museum of Modern Art. About five feet in diameter, this sculpture titled Cries and Whispers is made of soft felt and has a … Continue reading
Posted in Soulful Expressions
Tagged aesthetics and functionality, Art exhibition, Art world, Artist, award winning designer, Cancer, Cries and Whispers, Design, hideaway, Jephson Robb, moma, Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York City, Printing, protect human body and mind, SAFE, Sculpture, shelter
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Dear Reader, I’m Dying: The Art Of Blogging Through Pain
When bloggers go through terminal illnesses, they take their readers along for the journey
We scroll through our daily news feeds expecting to find the same sticky-sweet formula. There’s a photo of your friend’s brunch. Your cousin got a new job. Someone on your friend’s list really loves cats. We eat these positive moments … Continue reading
Posted in Something Special
Tagged Blogging, Brain tumor, Cancer, Death, Good Death, Gwen Stefani, How to Write an Obituary, My Husband's Tumor, Nora Purmort, Spider-Man
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”Everything I Own” by Bread
This heart-wrenching ballad captures what it feels like to lose a parent
Music has the uncanny quality of reaching inside of us and yanking out the emotions no human being could ever touch. As a teenager, I remember sitting in the passenger’s seat of a car with my mother. We had watched … Continue reading
Posted in Expressive Music
Tagged Bread, Cancer, David Gates, Death, Death and Dying, Everything I Own, Family, Grief, Grieving, Loss of a Loved One, Lung cancer
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What’s in a Healthy Diet for a Cancer Patient? An Interview with Angela Farley: Part Two
In this two-part interview, we chat with Angela Farley from Teen Kitchen Project about the importance of eating healthy as a cancer patient
Today SevenPonds speaks with Angela Farley, the founder and executive director of Teen Kitchen Project based in California (read part one here.) The organization provides nutritional whole foods to families experiencing a serious illness. Teenagers who volunteer get hands-on training … Continue reading
Posted in Professional Advice
Tagged Angela Farley, Cancer, Caregiving, Healing, Health, Palliative Care, Teen Kitchen Project, terminal illness
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