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Art: Death of Casagemas, painted by Pablo Picasso
Posted by Thegirldifferent on April 11, 2014, 2:32 p.m.
Below at right we have Death of Casagemas, painted by Pablo Picasso in 1901.
Art: Alexandre Cabanel (1823-1889), The Death of Moses, 1851, Oil on canvas, 110 x 154 in.
Posted by Thegirldifferent on April 11, 2014, 2:14 p.m. 1 comment
Practitioners question: LOOKING FOR CONTRIBUTORS TO DEATH CAFE FEATURE
Posted by nesslawrence on April 11, 2014, 2:28 a.m. 2 comments
Hi there,
A National Women's Magazine in Australia is looking for professionally employed women aged between 20-40 who have attended/organised a Death Cafe: we'd like to speak to you about why you did, and your experience.
You would need to be named for the story but not ...
“Dying to Know” is an intimate portrait celebrating two very complex, controversial characters in an epic friendship that shaped a generation. In the early 1960s Harvard psychology professors Timothy Leary and Richard Alpert began probing the edges of consciousness through their experiments with psychedelics. Leary became the LSD guru, challenging ...
Death Cafe write up: PDX Death Cafe dinner at the West Cafe
Posted by Holly Pruett on April 10, 2014, 3:43 p.m.
As with our previous four PDX Death Cafes, this was full to overflowing, with 80 participants enjoying a lovely meal provided at no cost by our hosts, the West Cafe.
The first of our Cafes since last December, we were immediately flooded with over 100 registrants when we announced registration. We made the tough call to confirm only those who had not attended a prior Cafe, paired at tables with facilitators who had experience with the Death Cafe format.
The event opened and closed with music from the Loose Strings, a combo formed by a Death Cafe participant, who played a few thematically appropriate tunes.
62 people completed ...
Death Cafe write up: Death Cafe Houston
Posted by cburton1 on April 10, 2014, 10:21 a.m.
Despite a wet and rainy Houston day, we meet at the Art Asylium for interesting conversation and Mexican pastries from El Bollillo. This was one of our smaller gatherings which included two visiting exchange students at UH from Hong Kong. This month's topic seemed to evolve around end-of-life planning. We will meet again on Sunday, May 4, same location.
New Blog post: The Visitors
Posted by Fiddle on April 9, 2014, 8:19 p.m. 1 comment
Oh dark and shadowy figures
Why has thou come to me?
Why are you here
Should I fear or be full of cheer
Do we need to talk or do I need to pray
What is your purpose?
What is your reason?
I want to know
Or do I?
No sounds no nothing
Just standing there to let me catch a glimpse of your presence
You’re not as I imagined with the sickle and ...
Hospice is Not a Dirty Word
1. Because it takes the focus off of the disease and puts it back on the human being and the family and loved ones around them.
2. Because it gives families a plan to follow in the face of overwhelming grief and stress.
3 ...
For life and death are one, even as the river and the sea are one. ~ Kahlil Gibran
Link: Is Death more Dignified in Western Europe?
Posted by realityintolerant on April 8, 2014, 7:19 p.m.
From The Humanist.com
http://thehumanist.com/commentary/is-death-more-dignified-in-western-europe
"Scarcely one man can, even in dying, wholly detach himself from
the idea of life; in his ignorance he must needs imagine that there
is in him something that survives him, and cannot sufficiently
separate or emancipate himself from his remains"
—Lucretius
Practitioners question: Death Cafe Media Library
Posted by Columbus Death Cafe/Lizzy Miles on April 7, 2014, 11:50 p.m. 2 comments
Hi all,
Jon and I get media requests from journalists that are writing about the Death Cafe movement as a whole. Many times they ask for photographs of Death Cafe events. It would be nice to be able to showcase the diversity of Death Cafes.
If you have a high ...
Death Cafe write up: Death Cafe - San Carlos 92119
Posted by TRVevia on April 7, 2014, 7:04 p.m.
Death Café 92119- San Carlos, was fully attended on Saturday, March 22, 2014, from 11:00 a.m. until about 1:15 p.m. The group encompassed a wide geographical area, with some attendees traveling over 100 miles to join.
Lively discussion ensued with rarely a quiet interlude. Three people expressed interest in facilitating a Death Café in their area.
o Gratitude to have a safe environment to bring up topics related to death and dying and not be “shut down.”
o Being able to openly talk about one’s “OWN” mortality.
o To listen to others ideas on the topic.
o To touch on ...
"Terminally ill, she asks her son to help her die. What should he do now? Before We Say Goodbye speaks directly to countless families. It challenges us in our deepest selves. Many will call it a love story."