Offering Condolences
One of the reasons it is so hard for people to know what to say is that they aren’t familiar with grief in the same way. They may not...
Moving More Beyond
A quixotic review of More Beyond, a group show curated by artist and collector Rebecca Reeves, on display till May 7th at Brick + Mortar...
Before you die ___________?
It's a surprisingly powerful question to ask; what do you want to do before you die? Death is a catalyst, an undeniable perspective...
Thanatography Thursday Memorial: C. R. Travis (ca. 1860s -1940s)
Through the years I have collected a number of calling cards or cartes de visite of people I wish I could have known. Their likenesses...
On the Night My Mother Died
On the night my mother died, it snowed. I got the call from the hospital, and drove through the flake-laden darkness to her hospice room...
Thanatography Thursday Memorial: Harriet Zimmerman (1820-1895)
Through the years I have collected a number of calling cards or cartes de visite of people I wish I could have known. Their likenesses...
Thanatography Thursday Memorial: Mary Lewis Smith (1820-1895)
Through the years I have collected a number of calling cards or cartes de visite of people I wish I could have known. Their likenesses...
Corpses, Cadavers and Catalogues
Corpses, Cadavers and Catalogues: The Mobilities of Dead Bodies and Body Parts, Past and Present is an interdiscplinary seminar happening...
Thanatographies vol. III: The Memento Mori How-to Edition
January 3rd is the international Memento Mori Day. But as the cliché goes, every day should be memento mori day. Here is a handy little...
Thanatographies vol. II
From Tony's Scrapbook by Tony Wons, 1941-1942 edition. The holidays can be especially difficult and bittersweet after a loss. It's too...
