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  • “Maman”: An Artist’s Ode to Her MotherLouise Bourgeois' towering sculpture of a spider speaks to the complexities of a mother's role

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    Erin Fleming

    “Maman”: An Artist’s Ode to Her Mother
    Louise Bourgeois’ towering sculpture of a spider speaks to the complexities of a mother’s role

  • “The day which we fear as our last is but the birthday of eternity.”

    Kelly Larsen

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  • Today I Asked Myself: What is Grief?

    Today I Asked Myself: What is Grief?

    Today I asked myself the question, “What is grief?” At SevenPonds we immediately think of loss and grief as symbiotic, but in lieu of recent events, I realized “grief” in […]

    Suzette Sherman

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  • “If I Should Die”Thomas Gray encourages positive thinking after a loss

    “If I Should Die”
    Thomas Gray encourages positive thinking after a loss

    Thomas Gray wrote quite a bit on death, known for his “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard” and “Sonnet on the Death of Richard West,” the latter of which is […]

    Kelly Larsen

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  • A House Awaiting Death

    A House Awaiting Death

    On the outskirts of Ise, Japan, the architects of EASTERN Design erected this elevated structure upon a unique request from a client: “I will die in 15 years,” the client […]

    Dana Sitar

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  • How to Cope with Grief? (Interview)

      Dr. Lizabeth Eckerd is Assistant Professor of Psychology at Humboldt State University. Her research interests include grief as well as death and dying. Kelly: Your specialty is grief. What […]

    Kelly Larsen

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  • “God Bless You, Dr. Kevorkian”A satirical book that explores death, autonomy, and the ethics of assisted dying through imaginative storytelling

    “God Bless You, Dr. Kevorkian”
    A satirical book that explores death, autonomy, and the ethics of assisted dying through imaginative storytelling

    Though one of my favorite authors, Kurt Vonnegut is not the person I would turn to if I needed a burst of joyous inspiration, or even a lift after a […]

    Liz Matsushita

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  • Cancer Free

    Today we celebrate with reporter Rose Egge, who bared her strength and fears throughout her cancer treatment via her blog “Stronger Than I Think I Am” at KOMO News. In […]

    Dana Sitar

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  • “It takes a lot of hope to grieve.”

    Kelly Larsen

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  • “A Song of Living”Amelia Burr’s straightforward poem is highly instructional

    “A Song of Living”
    Amelia Burr’s straightforward poem is highly instructional

    Much of the literature written on death finds a way of expressing it, and its meaning to the author, through symbolism and figurative language. However, some of it is written […]

    Kelly Larsen

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