Stories

Headshots

Celebrity photographer focuses his lens on death’s face.

art, artists, cultureCaren MartineauJuly 17, 2018Rankin, faces of death, alive in the face of death, photography, on dying, portraits of death, portraits

A Test of Wills

Ethical wills pass on values, not just your valuables.

celebrateCaren MartineauJuly 17, 2018will, making a will, ethical wills, legacy, values

Medicine & Meaning

Atul Gawande on what really matters when we discover our mortality.

wisdom, the big ideasCaren MartineauJuly 15, 2018video, Atul Gawande, Being Mortal, book, interview, medicine, doctors, on dying

Inflorescent Decay

What’s in a flower? Artist sees beauty, death, decay, and the natural cycle of life.

cultureCaren MartineauJuly 11, 2018flowers, decay, Rebecca Louise Law, artist

Under Ice

A free-diver learns to trust self when life is at stake.

storiesCaren MartineauJuly 11, 2018ice, video, film, stories, first-person, Johanna, underwater, healing

Comfort Food

Sustenance steeped in centuries of ritual and tradition.

celebrateCaren MartineauJuly 9, 2018food, style, funeral, funeral food, death warmed over, funeral potatoes, funeral cake, jai, kolliva, irish wake cake, johnny cakes

Ripple Effect

Drawing from life in order to open new windows of the past and the future.

art, artists, cultureCaren MartineauJune 30, 2018Denis Johnson, on dying, wisdom, last works, Daniel Day-Lewis, Ursula K. LeGuin

Her Bucket

Why not start living your bucket list now?

storiesCaren MartineauJune 27, 2018bucket list, hospice, wishes, meaning

Going Out In Style

For fashionistas, there’s no better time than the now to start thinking #preparingtoprepare.

cultureCaren MartineauJune 26, 2018fashion, style, sendoff, party, fashionista, funeral

Life Aquatic

In the hushed depths, a museum is preserving life around the world.

art, artists, cultureCaren MartineauJune 25, 2018underwater, sculpture, art, underwater sculpture, DeCaires Taylor, Jason DeCaires Taylor, underwater sculpture park, underwater museum, museum