The Art of Grieving | Sheila Collins

London Artist Tours a brightly colored Kiosk for Dancing Grief Raves

by Sheila Collins | Jul 13, 2023 | Art & Life, Community, Dances, Environment, Family, Gatherings, Good Will Come, Grieving, The Art of Grieving

Talk about the art of grieving! Graphic artist Annie Frost Nicholson lost several members of her family in a tragic helicopter accident in New York in 2011. This changed her approach to creativity which was her outlet to process her grief. She channeled her own...

Remembering a Favorite Aunt as Part of the Art of Grieving Well

by Sheila Collins | Jul 6, 2023 | Celebrations, Community, Duality, Family, Grieving, History, Past Events, Personal Stories, The Art of Grieving, Uncategorized, Women, Girls & the Feminine

The Fourth of July fireworks always remind me that summer has arrived, no matter what a struggle the spring weather had getting us here. Their nosy beauty also reminds me that my favorite aunt’s birthday is coming right behind. Aunt Dote died in 2004, shortly after...

Are we willing to mourn?

by Sheila Collins | Apr 27, 2023 | Community, Dances, Duality, Family, Gatherings, Grieving, History, School Shootings, social justice, Songs, The Art of Grieving

Seven-year-old Daniel Barden’s father Mark came on ahead of the video I was trying to pull up this morning. I’ve seen him often though these past 11 years since his son was one of the 20 children killed when a 20-year-old with an assault-style weapon began shooting at...

Using the Arts to Grieve – It’s a Brain Thing

by Sheila Collins | Apr 20, 2023 | Art & Life, Book Excerpts, book promotion, Health and Wellness, Personal Stories, Self-Care, The Art of Grieving, Writing

In the early to mid 90s, when my youngest son Kenneth was living with AIDs, and I was in the role of his primary supporter, I had a personal physician who offered a unique perspective. An appointment with Dr. Mary Anne began with her listening attentively as I...

What Singer/Songwriters Teach Us about Relationship Break Ups

by Sheila Collins | Apr 12, 2023 | Dances, Duality, Grieving, Resilience, The Art of Grieving

Partnerships, friendships, particularly romantic relationships and marriages, sometimes need to end. Mutually coming to that determination is rare, but through the years pop and country songs have provided some wisdom for our grieving. In 1960, Neil Sedaka made...

Grief Is Not Depression. It’s an Honoring of Sorrow. Pennsylvania Senator John Fetterman Shows Us the Difference.

by Sheila Collins | Apr 6, 2023 | Duality, Health, Health and Wellness, Noteworthy men, Resilience, Self-Care, The Art of Grieving

The field trip I organized last Saturday to visit artist Amanda Filippelli’s public art installation, The Remembering Room had fewer participants than expected. The exhibit space was designed by the artist as a way of honoring and grieving the loss of her father a...

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London Artist Tours a brightly colored Kiosk for Dancing Grief Raves

Remembering a Favorite Aunt as Part of the Art of Grieving Well

Using the Arts to Grieve – It’s a Brain Thing

What Singer/Songwriters Teach Us about Relationship Break Ups

Grief Is Not Depression. It’s an Honoring of Sorrow. Pennsylvania Senator John Fetterman Shows Us the Difference.

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