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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: Loss
Why It’s OK to Cry about Leonard Nimoy
What we don't talk about when a celebrity dies
February 27, 2015 marked the first day I cried over a celebrity’s death. It was the day Leonard Nimoy, best known for his role as Spock on “Star Trek”, passed away from COPD complications. At 83, he had lived a … Continue reading
Dissolving into Form
Eva Hesse's art comes into being even as it falls apart much like the life she led
Eva Hesse’s (1936-1970) artwork is falling to pieces. The industrial materials that she worked with – latex, fiberglass, plastic – are deteriorating. They have a limit to their life and show signs of this. The fiberglass resin, which Hesse chose … Continue reading
Posted in Soulful Expressions
Tagged Art, Collections, Deterioration, Eva Hesse, Expiration, Loss, Modern Art, postminimalism, Right After., Sans II, SFMOMA
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“Here Comes Those Tears Again” by Jackson Browne
A haunting and reflective memorial song that touches on the narrator’s struggle with his deep grief over the loss of a lover
When Jackson Browne — best known for his hits like “Doctor My Eyes” and “Running On Empty” — lost his first wife to suicide, he channeled his grief into the hauntingly beautiful “Here Comes Those Tears Again” that was partially … Continue reading
Transforming a View of Kazimir Malevich’s Deathbed from a Famous Photograph into a Painting
James Sheehan’s postage stamp-sized watercolor, “Death of Malevich,” uses distance and scale to toy with how viewers’ interpretations and experiences of loss and grief can easily turn from clear to blurry and vice versa
New York artist James Sheehan’s “Death of Malevich (2013),” a postage stamp-sized watercolor based on the famous 1935 photograph of Malevich on his deathbed, has recently been installed at New York’s The Drawing Center. As The Drawing Center’s website states, … Continue reading
“We knew nothing of loss. Nobody has taught us about pain. Until that moment, death had just amounted to a scary sound.”
- Francesca Marciano, Casa Rossa
Love Wrought in Living Stones
Taj Mahal: A monument to eternal love and loss
Emperor Shah Jahan loved the Persian princess, Mumtaz Mahal, with such a passion that after her death, he expressed his grief by constructing a memorial so magnificent — it became one of the Seven Wonders of the World. The Taj … Continue reading
Posted in Soulful Expressions
Tagged Agra, Death, Grief, Grief Loss and Bereavement, India, Loss, Love, Marble, Memorial, monument, monument to eternal love, Mumtaz Mahal, Shah Jahan, Taj Mahal, Yamuna
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