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Tag Archives: Death and Dying
Do You Want to Live Forever?
Aubrey de Grey is out to prove we can
I was recently introduced to Aubrey de Grey, who’s on a mission to show us how we can live forever and raise the funding needed to start the research process to do so. Sound crazy? Well, if given the chance … Continue reading
Posted in Sharing Suzette
Tagged Aging, Aging and Elder Care, anti-aging, Aubrey de Grey, Blade Runner, Death and Dying, Future, Living Forever, Nanotechnology, Physics, Physics of the Future, Raymond Kurzwell, Rejuvenation Research, Research, Science, SENS Foundation, SevenPonds, TEDMED, Western Medicine
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“Angels in America” by Mike Nichols
The play's poignant, brutally honest take on the physical, mental, emotional crisis of an AIDS patient
Tony Kushner’s Angels in America is almost too big to discuss: a sprawling three-part, six-hour play ambitiously covering themes ranging from love and abandonment, to homosexuality and Mormonism, to faith and religion, to disease and dying, to politics and justice, … Continue reading
Posted in Lending Insight
Tagged AIDS, Angels, Angels in America, Death and Dying, Heaven and Hell, terminal illness
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Widowhood is Back
From Scarlett O'Hara to Alexander McQueen, a Victorian way of living and dying is returning
I have a theory about design and culture, that everything trickles down from the fashion world in some shape or form. Fashion pulls from life events to create formalized trends. What was once high-fashion becomes mainstream, reflecting and shaping how … Continue reading
Posted in Sharing Suzette
Tagged Death and Dying, Fashion, Loss of Husband, Mourning, Victorian, Widow, Widowhood
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“Notes for a Story of a Man who Will Not Die Alone,” by Dave Eggers
Eggers' imagining of how one man flouts tradition and makes his death into a grand party
Dave Eggers is something of a San Francisco hometown hero, if literary figures can be heroes. His novels, including A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, are well-known and critically-acclaimed. He founded McSweeney’s, a publishing house with a respected quarterly literary … Continue reading
“‘Geez, I hope I don’t die.’ I wonder how many times a day we think that?”
George Carlin on death, dying, and dealing with death
The late, legendary comedian discusses death as a reality and as a metaphor in this classic stand-up video. (Due to language, this video may not be appropriate for children under 18.)
Posted in Laughter is Medicine
Tagged Arts, Comedy, Death and Dying, George Carlin, Laughter, Reincarnatin
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What’s the role of spirituality in healing? An Interview with Karen M. Wyatt, M.D.
Discussing the role of spirituality in medicine and its relation to hospice care
Dr. Karen Wyatt is a physician who focuses on spirituality and applying Integral Medicine concepts to the care of her patients. She is also the author of A Matter of Life and Death: Stories to Heal Loss & Grief, and … Continue reading
