a gathering place for death literacy, long before the end

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Artists Who Inspire

Artists Who Inspire

A gifted indie musician responds to death with a lullabye.

Artists Who Inspire

Artists Who Inspire

H.M. Leona is a traveler and a storyteller.

artists, cultureCaren MartineauApril 5, 2021mortality, Death Literacy, Love, Loss, Grieving, Renewal, Resilience, Storytelling, Book, Childrens Book, Living with Purpose, COVID, writing

Artists Who Inspire

Artists Who Inspire

Singer Anna Hamilton pens a death literacy song.

artists, cultureCaren MartineauJanuary 28, 2021mortality, Anna Hamilton, Singer, Songwriter, Songland, Performance, Death Literacy

Artists Who Inspire: Visual Memoirists

Artists Who Inspire: Visual Memoirists

Imagination transforms sorrowful emotions into stories that inspire.

Artists Who Inspire

Artists Who Inspire

This brilliantly imaginative homage is filled with heart and soul.

artists, art, cultureCaren MartineauOctober 14, 2020mortality, 306 Hollywood, Film, Magical Reality, Literary Non-fiction Documentary, Documentary, Celebration of Life, Best of, Award winning film, Indie film, Soundtrack

EOL Navigators: The Beauty Within

EOL Navigators: The Beauty Within

For the invisible population who serve the dying at time of need, fashion changes the entire narrative.

culture, artistsCaren MartineauAugust 4, 2020Fashion, culture, Death Doulas, photography, end of life care, End of Life navigators, B&W portraits, Fine Art, Caregivers, Death Literacy

Artists Who Inspire

Artists Who Inspire

A photo-mythology by Peter Cunningham

artists, art, cultureCaren MartineauJuly 19, 2020photography, mortality, petercunningham

Politics of Life

Politics of Life

Dying is “certainly the most important time of my life.”

storiesCaren MartineauJanuary 20, 2020photography, video, film, first-person, on dying, message, meaning, love, Philip Gould, Phillip Gould, dying

Home Stretch

Home Stretch

What happens when you finally kinda, sorta, almost get the to-do list mostly done.

wisdomCaren MartineauJanuary 2, 2020aging, to-do list, purposelessness, small bites

#dodeathdifferently

#dodeathdifferently

End-of-life for an advocate of “doing death better.”

storiesCaren MartineauNovember 24, 2019doing death better, dying, on dying, hospice, gratitude, love, emotions, death with dignity, celebrate, video, good death, a good death, what is a good death, what does a good death look like