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05-21-2008, 03:39 PM
This may to much for you tender foots to deal with but, you need to read and learn.
Would you like to have a death mask made or are you to ugly for one?
How do we cope with the death of others? How will we cope with our own?
Two German artists thought long and hard about these questions and the result is a moving, thought-provoking exhibit titled "Life Before Death" on display at London's Wellcome Trust.
The Wellcome Trust is the largest independent charity in the United Kingdom and funds research to improve human and animal health.
They spent a year in German hospices visiting the terminally ill. Twenty-four people were asked whether their last days could be shared and documented; the resulting 48 portraits can be described as intimate, frightening, hopeful.
The men and women, many in the 40s and 50s, are aware they only have weeks, maybe days left to make peace with themselves and their loved ones. Some are angry, others prepared for what they hope will be an uninterrupted and painless sleep. Some hold onto a strong faith, others disregard the concept of an afterlife as a false comfort. Lakotta's text bravely attempts to capture their final thoughts. Schels' haunting and beautiful portraits at times are shocking.
full story (http://abcnews.go.com/International/story?id=4892733&page=1)
Would you like to have a death mask made or are you to ugly for one?
How do we cope with the death of others? How will we cope with our own?
Two German artists thought long and hard about these questions and the result is a moving, thought-provoking exhibit titled "Life Before Death" on display at London's Wellcome Trust.
The Wellcome Trust is the largest independent charity in the United Kingdom and funds research to improve human and animal health.
They spent a year in German hospices visiting the terminally ill. Twenty-four people were asked whether their last days could be shared and documented; the resulting 48 portraits can be described as intimate, frightening, hopeful.
The men and women, many in the 40s and 50s, are aware they only have weeks, maybe days left to make peace with themselves and their loved ones. Some are angry, others prepared for what they hope will be an uninterrupted and painless sleep. Some hold onto a strong faith, others disregard the concept of an afterlife as a false comfort. Lakotta's text bravely attempts to capture their final thoughts. Schels' haunting and beautiful portraits at times are shocking.
full story (http://abcnews.go.com/International/story?id=4892733&page=1)