Susan, what a beautiful and sensitive exploration of an agonizingly complex subject. I wonder if it’s possible to consider the structures offered by religious mourning customs? Perhaps not for this chat, but I do think they can be very constructive.
Susan, what a beautiful and sensitive exploration of an agonizingly complex subject. I wonder if it’s possible to consider the structures offered by religious mourning customs? Perhaps not for this chat, but I do think they can be very constructive.
Thank you for mentioning that! In June, I went to a choir concert called songs for freedom, and was amazed by the very first (contemporary music) one, which resembled a tribe mourning together, it was beautiful and felt to healing, that I thought why is there no place / space in modern societies anymore to do (just) that, come together and express that pain - be it loss of a loved one or any big issues like war, climate change, ecological loss - there’s so much information, and so little we can do. Mourning together would bring us to together and starting from there, maybe get us going and change?
Susan, what a beautiful and sensitive exploration of an agonizingly complex subject. I wonder if it’s possible to consider the structures offered by religious mourning customs? Perhaps not for this chat, but I do think they can be very constructive.
Thank you for mentioning that! In June, I went to a choir concert called songs for freedom, and was amazed by the very first (contemporary music) one, which resembled a tribe mourning together, it was beautiful and felt to healing, that I thought why is there no place / space in modern societies anymore to do (just) that, come together and express that pain - be it loss of a loved one or any big issues like war, climate change, ecological loss - there’s so much information, and so little we can do. Mourning together would bring us to together and starting from there, maybe get us going and change?