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Monday Hearts for Madalene
Page Hodel creates beautiful hearts as an ongoing celebration of loveIt’s an honor for SevenPonds to share with our readers the story of the Monday Hearts for Madalene project, a true account of the power of love in the midst of death. The project’s origins take us to 2005: the moment Page Hodel encountered Madalene Rodriguez and fell “instantly, dizzyingly in love with her.” The couple’s first meeting was…
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Nele Azevedo’s “Minimum Monument” Has Massive Impact
Brazilian artist’s melting people resonate across the globeSince 2005, Brazilian artist Nele Azevedo has been creating installation works in public spaces involving 20 centimeter tall human figures that are left to melt in the sun. These installations comprise the Minimum Monument project. While Azevedo began her exploration in time-based sculpture with just one or two figures during her Master’s work, the project…
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What Are Some Implications of the California End of Life Options Act? (Interview)
An expert on medical-legal issues weighs in on the new physician-aid-in-dying lawToday SevenPonds speaks with Sarah Hooper, the Executive Director of the UCSF/UC Hastings Consortium on Law, Science & Health Policy and Adjunct Professor of Law at UC Hastings College of the Law in San Francisco, California. A recognized expert in medical-legal issues in the area of end-of-life decision making, Sarah has been instrumental in providing…
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Our Weekly Tip: Remember Your Loved One With Their Favorite Food
Connect to shared moments with a belly-and-soul-nourishing meditationOur Tip of the Week: We often connect with our loved ones over necessary, daily things such as food. Sharing a meal together is one of the oldest and most profound ways of bonding, because it creates the space for us to nourish ourselves and each other through sharing food, time and our presence. Some…
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“Gentle Willow: A Story for Children About Dying”
Amanda the squirrel and Little Tree face a difficult lesson when their friend Gentle Willow falls ill in this children’s bookGentle Willow: A Story For Children About Dying is a beautifully conceived little book written for children dealing with terminal illness. There are a number of wonderful books out there to help explain the dying process to children. But “Gentle Willow” is unique in that it’s specifically written for children who have terminal illnesses and for…
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“Amazing Grace”
An unlikely author writes one of the most popular Christian hymns of all timesMy grandmother was a sweet, gentle soul. She never lived in a town with a population greater than 2,000 people. She was awed by the progress she saw in her life. When she was little, most people used horses and buggies to get around; later, she would see men walk on the moon. Grandma had…
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Geriatric Emergency Departments Focus Exclusively on Seniors
Many U.S. hospitals open emergency rooms designed to treat the elderlyOver the first decade of the 21st century, the number of Americans over the age of 65 increased at a faster rate than at any other time in U.S. history, reaching over 40 million as of 2010. At the same time, the number of people over the age of 85 grew at a rate nearly…
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“Try to Praise the Mutilated World”
Funeral poem finds something to celebrate in the hardest of times“Try to Praise the Mutilated World” (2002) by Polish poet Adam Zagajewski resonates with his characteristic themes of night; dreams; history and time; infinity and eternity; silence and death. By facing the world’s sorrow with clear eyes, yet turning again and again to sources of solace and beauty, this poem teaches us how to recover…
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