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Tag Archives: Death and Dying
What Is The Grief Dialogues?
An interview with Elizabeth Coplan about the non-profit artistic movement she created, Part Two
This month, I had the pleasure of speaking with Elizabeth Coplan, the brain behind The Grief Dialogues, a non-profit artistic movement dedicated to creating new dialogue about death, dying and grief. The Grief Dialogues started as a live theater event that included … Continue reading
The Dangerous Myth of a Good Death
Placing expectations on the dying can cause real harm
Keep some room in your heart for the unimaginable. ~ Mary Oliver As a pediatric oncology nurse, I saw more than my fair share of death. My dying patients were children — some infants, some toddlers, some teens — all … Continue reading
What is The Grief Dialogues?
An interview with Elizabeth Coplan about the non-profit artistic movement she created, Part One
This month, I had the pleasure of speaking with Elizabeth Coplan, the brain behind The Grief Dialogues, a non-profit artistic movement dedicated to creating new dialogue about death, dying and grief. The Grief Dialogues started as a live theater event that … Continue reading
An Occupation of Loss: Installation Featuring Professional Mourners From Around the World
Taryn Simon's gathers professional mourners from 15 different countries
In September 2016, an installation opened at the Armory Arts Center in New York that explored the cultural multiplicities of grief as expressed in different countries, from Ecuador to Ghana to Burkina Faso to Cambodia. For the installation, “An Occupation … Continue reading
“Duck, Death and the Tulip” by Wolf Elbruch
An elegant picture book about death
“Duck, Death and the Tulip” is a beautifully illustrated picture book about death and afterlife by German author and illustrator Wolf Elbruch. In the tenderly told story, a duck meets and forges a friendship with Death, a character with a … Continue reading
