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How Can a Labyrinth Help in the Grieving Process? (Interview)
In the first part of our two-part interview, SevenPonds speaks with Reverend Lauren Artress about what it is like to walk a labyrinth and the ways that a labyrinth can help with the grieving processReverend Lauren Artress is an inspiring Canon at Grace Cathedral in San Francisco, and a spiritual pioneer in the Labyrinth Movement. She has written many books on the labyrinth and holds workshops around the world. Lauren’s labyrinth-based nonprofit, Veriditas, has the mission to “pepper the world with labyrinths.” Greer: Let’s start very simply; what is a labyrinth?…
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“Filming My Father In Life And Death“
The documentary Filming My Father In Life And Death provides an honest look into one family’s life after the father is diagnosed with a terminal motor neuron diseaseFifty-one year old Steven Isaac is diagnosed with motor neuron disease and given only two years to live. Directed by Liz Tucker of Verve Productions, UK, Filming My Father: In Life And Death is a painstakingly honest documentary of a family blindsided by the terminal diagnosis of husband and father. Largely filmed by Steven’s 22…
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Death Symbolism In Common Easter Traditions
Find out which Easter traditions originated from death symbolismFor many who celebrate the holidays, Easter is already over. But for the Orthodox community, Easter observance doesn’t end until April 12. In fact, Easter is part of a nearly month-long celebration across dozens of cultures around the world. When you think of Easter, you probably think of rabbits, colorful eggs and chocolate. But the…
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Should You Shield Children from Thinking About Their Own Deaths?
Three teenagers talk to their families about how they want to dieParents of terminally ill children have a tough decision to make: to talk about funeral plans with their child or to shield them from the idea completely. It’s not an easy decision. When the child is a teenager who has already come to terms with his or her illness, parents might want to start the…
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“Last Words”
Sylvia Plath’s funeral poem imagines what her ideal burial would look likeSylvia Plath was both haunted and mesmerized by death. Suffering from depression at an early age, Plath’s poetry deeply encapsulates how she felt about dying. Her depression often evaporated her fear of death, which gave her a novel perspective on the subject. Rather than focusing on the doom and gloom of dying, her poem “Last…
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Monday Hearts for Madalene
Page Hodel creates the most beautiful hearts in an ongoing celebration of loveYou’re My Glorious Easter Bonnet! It’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.”…
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Marks the Spot
Dave Nance’s photographic series “Descansos” documents the roadside memorials of the American SouthwestDeath, so they say, is inescapable. It is a private affair that plays out in public, and the depths of grief follow the same shifting landscape of public and personal. A death is marked in the public sphere in obituaries, through public services, rituals and tombstones or grave markers. Often there are publicly prescribed sites,…
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