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"The collective voices heard in Picturing Death Project suggests that contemplating death is not the exclusive domain of artists, poets, writers and philosophers. Death, the most unknowable aspect of the human narrative, is also one we all share. We share its inevitability and we share a fascination (at times hopeful, fearful or resigned) with the subject. Artist Deborah Boardman underscores the poignancy of this phenomenon by giving voice to the many. The Picturing Death Project can not reveal the mysteries of death. Instead, the multiple voices shed insight and meaning on the living. Through picturing death, they reveal--to themselves and each other-- a profoundly human and shared experience."
Judith Brotman
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The Picturing Death Project provides a structure in which participants can picture their death as part of a larger fabric of community narratives by engaging in intellectual and spiritual contemplation of death and dying.
The Picturing Death Project consists of a large, round, cast glass table with accompanying four chairs. On the table is the limited edition artist book, Picturing Death. Blank Picturing Death Journals, which work in tandem with the book Picturing Death, are available for participants to select and enter their own written responses prompted by the Project.
Please visit the Write in Journal page to contribute your own response. To view the responses of others, visit the View Journal Entries page.
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Project History
2004
Michigan Hospice and Palliative Care Organization, Kalamazoo, MI. Southwest Regional Conference.
Horizon Hospice, Chicago, Interns participate in project as part of hospice training
2003
Evanston Art Center, Evanston Illinois
Part of the exhibition, Remembrance, Picturing Death Project workshops were facilitated by Horizon Hospice, Chicago
Gilda's Club, Chicago
2001
McLean County Art Center, Bloomington, Il
CSPS/Legion Arts, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
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