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  • “Girl With Death Mask” by Frida KahloFrida Kahlo laces her eerie painting with symbolic signs of hope

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    Aaron Weaver

    “Girl With Death Mask” by Frida Kahlo
    Frida Kahlo laces her eerie painting with symbolic signs of hope

  • “Misery”Discussing the isolation in Anton Chekhov's "Misery"

    “Misery”
    Discussing the isolation in Anton Chekhov’s “Misery”

    Last week I wrote about the shock that follows hearing of a death. This week I’m analyzing the short story “Misery,” by Anton Chekhov, and its title leaves no doubt […]

    Kelly Larsen

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  • A Beach Heart for MadelineA glorious memorial to honor the loss of a loved one

    A Beach Heart for Madeline
    A glorious memorial to honor the loss of a loved one

    This summer, Bay Area artist Page Hodel brought together family, friends, and fans of her Monday Hearts for Madalene to craft a heart from the most sympathetic medium she could […]

    Dana Sitar

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  • What is the SOLACE project? (Interview)
    The director of SOLACE shares the wisdom of the dying

    Today, I talk with Camille Adair, the filmmaker behind the SOLACE Project. Camille’s background is in hospice, where she has worked as a nurse case manager, clinical liaison, patient care […]

    Dana Sitar

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  • “The Secret Life of Bees”A young girl grapples with her mother’s death and the universal problem of growing up in this novel

    “The Secret Life of Bees”
    A young girl grapples with her mother’s death and the universal problem of growing up in this novel

    Growing up has never been easy for any one. In Sue Monk Kidd’s critically acclaimed first novel The Secret Life of Bees, her protagonist, Lily Owens, does so in the […]

    Antal Polony

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  • “My uncle Sammy was an angry man. He had printed on his tombstone: What are you looking at?”
    -Margaret Smith

    Kelly Larsen

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  • Ancient Chinese Funerary Practices

    Ancient Chinese Funerary Practices

    Unlike what we know of classic Christian death mythology,  in which the hope is for the soul to escape to Heaven after life on earth, early Chinese beliefs surrounding death […]

    Dana Sitar

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  • Trauma After the Aurora Theater Shooting
    Lessons from Carolyn L. Mears on this emotional shock

    As we, in solidarity with individuals and organizations across the world, continue to express our sympathies to those affected by the tragedies of the Aurora theater shooting of July 20th, […]

    Dana Sitar

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  • “All the art of living lies in a fine mingling of letting go and holding on.”
    -Havelock Ellis

    Kelly Larsen

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  • “Between Going and Coming” by Octavio PazReading Octavio Paz's "Between Going and Coming" as a reaction to death

    “Between Going and Coming” by Octavio Paz
    Reading Octavio Paz’s “Between Going and Coming” as a reaction to death

    Octavio Paz received some seriously impressive accolades during his lifetime: he won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1990, the Neustadt International Prize for Literature in 1982, and for a […]

    Kelly Larsen

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