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Clinkle’s Lucas Duplan Personifies the Pinnacle of Startup Greed
I pause to consider, what is the true meaning of life?I will segue from my usual Sharing Suzette topics to say a few words on business, which begs the question—just what is the meaning of life? I bring this up because of a recent national news story. It goes like this… In the past month, a 22 year old former Stanford University student Lucas Duplan,…
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Monday Hearts for Madalene
Page Hodel creates the most beautiful hearts in 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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“Sonnet”
Elizabeth Bishop’s images in “Sonnet” makes the end of life a release into joyIs the end of life best imagined as a climactic release? Although not explicitly about death, Elizabeth Bishop’s poem “Sonnet” all but dramatizes it as a swift vault from captivity to liberation as the poem depicts the soul’s gleeful escape from “caught” (1) to “freed” (5). “Sonnet” dilates the instantaneous moment between life and death, and it does…
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Jonas Dahlberg to Design Norway’s July 22, 2011 Memorial Site
The Swedish designer plans “an active and poetic” memorial for victims of the 2011 Norway attacks.Today, the immediate grief and exhaustion following Norway’s tragic July 22, 2011 attacks have passed. But as Swedish designer Jonas Dahlberg says, this doesn’t mean “the wound” of the painful deaths has been forgotten. If anything, says Dahlberg, the sensation of loss from the Norway 2011 attacks resonates as the years go by and…
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How Can Learning the Harmonica Help the Elderly? (Interview)
Bill Fried shares what he has learned from giving harmonica lessons to senior citizens.Today SevenPonds speaks with Bill Fried, who works with the elderly in skilled nursing centers, assisted living communities, senior centers and rehabilitation centers. He recently picked up playing the harmonica and quickly became passionate about it— enough, at least, to share his love with other seniors. Kimberly: Tell us about your experience as a Harmonica coach…
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“Harold and Maude”
A comedic film detailing a young man’s obsession with death and how his chance relationship with a feisty elderly woman shows him the meaning of a full lifeHarold and Maude is a 1971 dark comedic film, as well as a personal favorite of mine, based on a screenplay written by Colin Higgins. Higgins originally planned to direct it himself, but a test shoot left executives unimpressed, and Hal Ashby was hired to direct the film. The touching story explores how one young man’s…
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Bali Fire Burials
Exploring the Balinese’s liberation of the soul through fire and waterAll around the world, people practice their own funerary customs and traditions. Some cultures practice air sacrifices, some practice cave burials – but people from Bali, Indonesia, combine religion and cremation in a ritual known as the fire burial. Through fire burial, families send off their dearest relatives, who then reenter the cycle of reincarnation. Due to…
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A Film About Love and Loss Debuts in San Francisco
Join us for the screening of “When The Fall Comes” and support Josie’s Place, which provides for bereaved children and familiesCome join Adriana Marchione and filmmakers Wyatt Roy and Michael Brandt for the initial screening of the documentary film, When the fall Comes—a film about love and loss. Tickets ($12) are available for this Sunday, March 9th at 2 pm. Doors open at 1:30 pm, and the event includes a discussion after the film. It is…
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