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Our Annual Seven Holiday Gifts for Someone Who Is Grieving, 2024 Edition:
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“Making Mobiles” by Karolina Merska:
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“Hands Up to the Sky” by Michael Franti & Spearhead:
A surprisingly upbeat song about acknowledging both loss and the beauty of life
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Tag Archives: creative memorial
Nele Azevedo’s “Minimum Monument” Has Massive Impact
Brazilian artist's melting people resonate across the globe
Since 2005, Brazilian artist Nele Azevedo has been creating installation works in public spaces involving 20 centimeter tall human figures that are left to melt in the sun. These installations comprise the Minimum Monument project. While Azevedo began her exploration … Continue reading
Our Weekly Tip: Remember Your Loved One With Their Favorite Food
Connect to shared moments with a belly-and-soul-nourishing meditation
Our Tip of the Week: We often connect with our loved ones over necessary, daily things such as food. Sharing a meal together is one of the oldest and most profound ways of bonding, because it creates the space for … Continue reading
Art World Responds to Orlando Shooting
Less than a week after the Orlando Tragedy, artists speak out
On the night of Saturday, June 11, 2016, Omar Mateen opened fire at Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida, killing 49 people, injuring 53, and irrevocably changing the lives of countless more. Most of the victims were young LGBTQ Latinos and … Continue reading
Digitized Memorial Reflects Impermanence of Life
"Family Tree" from Lithuanian designers subjects at-home cremains to tech failure
Lithuanian designers Loucas Papantoniou and Asta Sadauskaite have developed the “Family Tree” — a sleek, modern, beehive-style wall mounted structure designed to keep family cremains in a single unified place within the home, complete with backlit LED memorial message screens programmable … Continue reading
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Tagged Accident, creative memorial, creative memorial ideas, Cremains, Installation, Power outage, SevenPonds
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Artist Wears Her Dead Mother’s Clothes in Self Portrait Series
Artist Karolina Jonderko processes her mother's death in touching self-portaits
What does one do with the abundant daily materials that a loved one leaves after they pass — the clothes, kitchenware, trinkets, and the like? Artist Karolina Jonderko found herself in such a situation after the death of her mother in … Continue reading
Bios Incube Turns Your Loved One Into A Tree To Keep Close
New technology turns cremains into life after life
It is said that Mother Nature is the greatest artist. The folks at Bios Incube are using their creativity to help her show her best side. The Bios Incube system nurtures the growth of a tree from human or animal … Continue reading