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Visions, Perfume, and How the Heart Heals – Gifts of the Completed Life
Feb 2, 2024
Welcome to Gifts of the Completed Life: Transitions and Transformations. In this episode we discuss Visions, Perfume, and How the Heart Heals, by continuing to explore “in-between spaces” – and specifically the liminal space between life and death.
Instarring – Gifts of the Completed Life
Feb 23, 2024
In this episode, host Lynn Barger Elliott reflects upon transformations – when we no longer find ourselves in that in-between space. Inspired by the works of Rebecca Solnit and Eric Carle, this episode considers the gift of “instarring” and what emerges on the other side of life’s transitions.
Pondering Inheritances with Musician Adam Tendler
Jul 19, 2024
Pianist, composer and visual artist, Adam Tendler, began to ponder the “gesture of responsibility with inheritances,” when he received a wad of cash in a manilla envelope upon the death of his father. Through his compositions, piano performances and work as the Artist-in-Residence at the historic Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, NY, he explores both the gifts we receive gratefully, as well as those we never asked for and might not want. Or, in his words, “When the rituals have been completed, what do we do with the socks?” Tendler used his inheritance from his father to commission other artists to compose pieces for him to perform in the album Inheritances, which will be released December 2024. As the Artist in Residence at Green-Wood Cemetery, he invited the community to contribute items they inherited, to create the Exit Strategy exhibit.
Music Attribution: All music is from Tendler’s Exit Strategy exhibit at the Green-Wood Cemetery.
Softening Boundaries: The Music of the Harp with Catharine DeLong
Jul 29, 2024
In this conversation with Catharine DeLong – harpist, hospice chaplain, interfaith minister, and music thanatologist- we learn that since ancient times, the harp has been considered an instrument of the gods because of its ability to soften boundaries, that DeLong and Harpo Marx took a lesson with the same teacher, and that there are fewer than 100 music thanatologists on the planet. Enjoy the beautiful music and deep reflections in this podcast.
Music Attribution: All music is performed live by Catharine DeLong.
Photo Attribution: Zaza Weissgerber
Sisu – Lexicon of Life & Death
Mar 8, 2024
Lexicon of Life and Death is a podcast series where Lynn and Mark Barger Elliott explore the vocabulary we employ to express beliefs, hopes and attitudes towards life and death. While asking what it means to live a completed life, they will probe ways that language guides us towards embracing full and whole moments in our lives.
In this first episode of Lexicon of Life & Death, Lynn and Mark discuss the Finnish word, “Sisu,” which literally translates to “guts” or “intestines” – but is informed by political and cultural history to carry a much deeper meaning.
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