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...
The Longest Night
The shortest day and longest night of the year is a time of contemplation, during which we tend to turn inwards, and for some of us it is...
