Art at Green-Wood Cemetery (Brooklyn, NYC)
The notably arts-friendly Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York City has hosted a number of artistic installations including works of sculpture, dance, poetry, photography and ritual.
Month: February 2023
“Stephen Jenkinson reimagines dying” (2018)
The inestimable Stephen Jenkinson on the subject of death as a god: Some minority of people simply had found, or stumbled across, or backed into, a willingness to engage their death as a god. Not that anybody ever said it that way. And the god of death is a god, as is the god of … Read more“Stephen Jenkinson reimagines dying” (2018)
“What to Read to Come to Terms With Death”
Eleanor Cummins reviews seven thanatocentric books for The Atlantic: Everyone lives with a shared burden: Inevitably, each of us will die, and so will the people we love. It’s easy enough to ignore when you’re young or healthy, but anxious questions remain. When and how will it all end? And what will happen when I’m … Read more“What to Read to Come to Terms With Death”
“The Existential Void of the Pop-Up ‘Experience'”
Art critic Amanda Hess writes for the New York Times on the phenomenon of themed pop-up “museums”, “mansions” and “laboratories” that function mostly as Instagram selfie backdrops: The central disappointment of these spaces is not that they are so narcissistic, but rather that they seem to have such a low view of the people who … Read more“The Existential Void of the Pop-Up ‘Experience’”
“Unlearning Death” by Jarod K. Anderson (2020)
When we die, they may bury us or collect our ashes, but remember this: from baby teeth to skin cells and everything in between, most of the matter that has worn your name is already spread throughout the world. We bury our remains in the soil of our lifetimes. Can you feel it? So many … Read more“Unlearning Death” by Jarod K. Anderson (2020)
“Manifesto: The Mad Farmer Liberation Front” by Wendell Berry (1973)
Love the quick profit, the annual raise,vacation with pay. Want moreof everything ready-made. Be afraidto know your neighbors and to die.And you will have a window in your head.Not even your future will be a mysteryany more. Your mind will be punched in a cardand shut away in a little drawer.When they want you to … Read more“Manifesto: The Mad Farmer Liberation Front” by Wendell Berry (1973)
“What Will Replace Religion?”
Existential wisdom from Jamie Wheal, the author of Recapture the Rapture: Rethinking God, Sex and Death In a World That’s Lost Its Mind.