Feb 8, 2019 | Memorial, Poetry, Remembering, Ritual
I took away three lessons for a great ceremony on Monday evening this week. Hundreds of people headed to the Exhibition Buildings after work. Ten years on the Victorian Government was holding a ceremony to honour the victims and survivors of the 2009 bushfires. Yes,...
Feb 1, 2019 | Death cafe, Death conversation, Poetry, workshops
These are some workshops and Melbourne Death Cafes for the first part of 2019. Seasonal Melbourne Death Cafe dates for 2019 are: Autumn Equinox Death Cafe 21 March – 6.30-8pm Winter Solstice Death Cafe 26 June – 6.00-7.30pm Death Cafe is by donation to...
Nov 27, 2018 | Death cafe, Poetry, Ritual
Art and rituals deepen our understanding and give us a way of being in touch, communicating … even if it’s quite a difficult topic like death. I thought long and hard before finding the right name for my business and chose Kinship Ritual to speak of the...
May 22, 2018 | Community Engagement, Death a Love Project, Poetry, Ritual, workshops
If you couldn’t make it to the ‘Poetry at End of Life’ workshops earlier this month don’t worry. We’ll be putting them on again as part of the suite of workshops on death and dying that Kinship Ritual offers. Meanwhile some poetry...
Nov 28, 2016 | Burial, Death conversation, Poetry, Remembering
How do we mortal, life-loving humans entertain the idea of death? When I read leading New York City funeral entrepreneur Amy Cunningham’s blogs, I’m reminded of the power of poetry and music to offer common ground with others, both contemporary and from...
