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Tag Archives: Death
Connecting to Grief Past and Present
Andrea Bayer, the curator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art tells the story of her loss through great works of art
If you are an artist, you may express your grief through art, but what if you are a curator of one of the most renowned museums in the country? Andrea Bayer, the curator of European paintings at the Metropolitan Museum … Continue reading
Posted in Soulful Expressions
Tagged Andrea Bayer, Art, Bereavement, Death, Grief, Loss, loss of parents, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Mourning, New York City, past and present
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Our Weekly Tip: Plant a Tree at a Memorial
Honor life and death with a living monument
Our Tip of the Week: Make the memory of your loved one live on while helping the Earth at the same time. Give young trees or tree seedlings to the attendees at the memorial so they can watch their trees growing … Continue reading
Posted in Practical Tips
Tagged Death, honoring loved ones, Life, Memorial, Memories, monument, reforestation, tree
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Interiors by Woody Allen
Woody Allen paints a beautiful portrait of a dysfunctional family's struggle to create a life of meaning in the face of death
Woody Allen has always included themes of death and dying in his work, but Interiors (1978) is his first take on the subject without the ability to take relief in the comedy genre. That’s not to say classics like Annie … Continue reading
Posted in Lending Insight
Tagged Annie Hall, Death, Depression, Interiors, Interiors Woody Allen, Woody Allen, Woody Allen Death
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Our Weekly Tip: Estate Planning During the Holidays
What better time to talk about something that concerns the whole famiy: death and estate planning
Our Tip of the Week: San Francisco’s O’Grady Law Group raised a pretty good question this month: Why not bring up the topics of death and estate planning during the holiday season? It is, after all, the one time of … Continue reading
Posted in Practical Tips
Tagged Death, Estate planning, Estate Planning Tips, Holiday tips, Tips
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Smoke Gets In Your Eyes & Other Lessons from the Crematory by Caitlin Doughty
A young woman's funny, heartfelt memoir of working as a mortician and revolutionizing how we think of death
From her opening line “A girl always remembers the first corpse she shaves,” I could tell this isn’t your run-of-the-mill memoir. Caitlin Doughty’s Smoke Gets In Your Eyes & Other Lessons from the Crematory is at once laugh-out-loud funny and … Continue reading
