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SevenPonds / Archives for Greer Barker

Author: Greer Barker

  • A Moment of Life and Death
    Sixteenth and seventeenth century Dutch vanitas paintings weave life and death into a single, still moment

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  • Between the Abstract and the Real
    Death, architecture and the public imagination

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  • Fed by the Shadow of Death
    Renaissance painters were masters of light, life, death and shadow

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  • Finding Words
    Emily McDowell’s Empathy Cards beautifully frame empathic connection

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  • Saving Face
    Salvador Dali’s portrait of his dead brother incorporates — guess who? — himself

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  • Our Weekly Tip: Making Sacred Space With SmokeSmudge sticks -- bundles of herbs that burn slowly -- can help create a sacred space for a memorial service and end-of-life ceremony

    Our Weekly Tip: Making Sacred Space With Smoke
    Smudge sticks — bundles of herbs that burn slowly — can help create a sacred space for a memorial service and end-of-life ceremony

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  • Light Passing ThroughAmy Friend's photographs materialize the transience of light and being

    Light Passing Through
    Amy Friend’s photographs materialize the transience of light and being

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  • “I Did Not Attend the Funeral, but I Sent a Nice Letter Saying I Approved of it.”
    – Mark Twain / Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar

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  • Seeing EmptinessLife and death in Mark Rothko's paintings

    Seeing Emptiness
    Life and death in Mark Rothko’s paintings

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  • Our Weekly Tip: Find Your Way With a LabyrinthLabyrinths create a sacred container for end-of-life and memorial ceremonies

    Our Weekly Tip: Find Your Way With a Labyrinth
    Labyrinths create a sacred container for end-of-life and memorial ceremonies

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