Tag Archives: the five stages of grief

Tolstoy, The Death of Ivan Ilych, and the five stages of grief

January 31, 2017

Katharine Lawrence Florida, United States   Ivan Ilych saw that he was dying, and he was in continual despair. “Vermiform appendix! Kidney!” he said to himself. “It’s not a question of appendix or kidney, but of life and . . . death. Yes, life was there and now it is going, going and I cannot […]

Lost Babies: how a photosculpture is changing the etiquette of consolation

January 24, 2017

Nancy Gershman Figure 1 Kari Ruth in Intensive Care Figure 2 Kari Ruth re-envisioned as a Lost Baby Digital photomontage photo sculpture 8″ x 10″ x .125″   The mother who loses her full-term baby goes home with the five stages of grief (Elisabeth Kübler-Ross), funeral home pamphlets, and a support group calendar. But the […]