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A #DFF recently sent us the art of @unfetteredco a A #DFF recently sent us the art of @unfetteredco and we are SO OBSESSED. Even with all of the progress we’ve made in the last few years destigmatizing death, it’s still relatively rare for artists to feature the beauty of decay. Janis’ work does so with such softness and vibrancy—what a wonderful way to honor the liveliness of death! 🦅🤍 . . . . #TalkDeath #UnfetteredCo #JanisLedwell #TextileArt #ArtistsOfInstagram #Art #SoftSculpture #Decay #Death #Decomposition #Bird #DeathPositive #DeathPositivity #DeathAwareness #Mortality #FibreArt #Textile #Macrame #Nature #Ecology #CircleOfLife #Fish #Bones #Mushrooms #Mycology #Beauty #Craft #Macabre
Our culture often tells us that we should fight ha Our culture often tells us that we should fight hard against age, illness, and death, which can manifest in a lot of fears and uncomfortability around dying: Will it hurt? What comes after? What will I miss out on? What did I not accomplish? These fears are totally normal, but impede the possibility of gaining a sense of peace with death. So we want to know: what do you need to let go of to change your relationship with dying? . . . . #TalkDeath #Death #Dying #DeathPositive #DeathPositivity #DeathAwareness #Mortality #Fear #Aging #Illness #Pain #Question #Peace #Suffering #Human #EndOfLife #Afterlife #Consciousness #FOMO #Love #LetGo #Life #Legacy #Lifespan #Body #Meaning #Relationships #Preparation
Today is National HIV/AIDS and Aging Awareness Day Today is National HIV/AIDS and Aging Awareness Day, which celebrates the growing number of people who live long lives with HIV. Days like this might not have been possible with the die-ins from the 1980s and early 1990s. ✊ 🏳️‍🌈 Die-ins are a form of protest where participants simulate being dead as a way to call attention to a myriad of important issues. Some of the most famous examples come from the height of the AIDS epidemic in the U.S. The first national die-in was held by ACT UP on the doorsteps of the FDA, which many perceived as slow to approve and release new drugs. In front of police guarding the building’s entrances, protestors held tombstone-cutouts with statements like “Dead from Lack of Drugs.” Other die-ins also took place outside of locations like Wall Street, the vacation home of President George Bush, and the National Institutes of Health. Taking this a step further in 1992, activists carried the ashes and bone chips of loved ones who had died of AIDS and dispersed them over the White House lawn. Others carried corpses that rested in open-faced coffins. Making officials literally confront the real deaths that were happening was the logical thing to do, said one participant. “It came out of frustration that things were not getting better quickly—or at all.” Photo 1: Protesters mourning the death of Michael, ACT UP's Washington, D.C. founder, in front of the White House in 1998 (Jamal Wilson via Getty Images). Photo 2: ACT UP protesters outside the FDA headquarters in Rockville, Maryland on October 11, 1988 (Peter Ansin via Getty Images). . . . . #TalkDeath #AIDS #HIV #History #DieIn #ACTUP #FDA #Protest #LGBTQ #SocialJustice #Death #Dying #DeathPositive #DeathPositivity #Casket #Coffin #Tombstone #ProtestSign #Aging #Mortality #DeathAwareness #Queer #QueerHistory #WhiteHouse #Necropolitics #Epidemic #Activism
As the idiom goes, you can’t take it with you (i As the idiom goes, you can’t take it with you (including the headstone)! Amazing and *on-point* illustration by @laurieaconleyart. 🪦☠️ . . . . #TalkDeath #Death #Art #Illustration #ArtistsOfInstagram #Headstone #Cemetery #Drawing #Crow #Money #Fancy #Materialism #Rich #Dead #CemeteryLovers #Headstone #Grave #Burial #Gravestone #Memorial #Remembrance #DeathPositive #DeathPositivity #DeathAwareness #Dying #EveryoneDies #Artist #Expensive #ShowOff
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