A communal opportunity to boldly acknowledge, contemplate, wrestle, and learn from our individual and society experience of grief. Hold space for what pains you, it matters. What are you grieving today? What are we collectively grieving? And how do we move through this grief that life brings us, alone and together?

The Process 

Grief is messy and sacred. It is often intimidating to look at and speak to, but without observing and cleaning the wound, how will it heal? The design of this sculpture, Grief Space, came from a lack of liminal spaces intended for the expression of grief in all of its human forms. Culturally, this may not be something everyone is comfortable seeing or allowing themselves to sit with. Societal, familial, or personal reservations can be agonizing and debilitating without room to freely express and acknowledge our pain. It may feel weird, look odd, sound horrible and silly, but your body holds that pain until you get it out. If we don't make space for the pain it will come out sideways. There are time-tested, scientific and spiritual methods of healing that can help us cope, ease, and redirect our mind and body to the present moment we learn from our grief. The transparency of human grieving without judgment is powerful and deserves our attention and care. 

Tools for Grieving
Printable PDFS are a reminder: there is something I can do today to love and support myself through this pain.