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20 hours ago

my chess teacher left me with - aryan nair

"i have not played chess in years, and i can't remember the moves he agonised over for hours teaching me."

4 days ago

reduce your flesh - lily montford

"a series exploring themes of diet culture and beauty, and its links to female fragility, pain, suffering and death."

6 days ago

shadow beneath the sun & axis of the world - holly berry

"they tell me she is in a better place, now, and although her pain is gone and the waiting is over..."

Oct 16

blintzes, matryoshka & tuesday is for therapy - dafna steinberg

"it didn’t feel like good luck. nothing about this move felt good. this was going to be the first apartment that my Dad would not visit."

Oct 14

curtains: in conversation with aviva pusey

"as a creative, i think we have a role to document life. if you don't document your story, no one else will."

Oct 12

four parts of a story: you - rhea kotrashetti

"lay your secrets down in this warm cavity of pink and red and specks of white like you lay your broken pieces in your grave."

Oct 10

the last time - aishwarya

"they say you die twice. one time when you stop breathing, and a second time, a bit later on..."

Oct 8

the loss of a child - ananyaa mishra

"why did i have to trade-off between happiness and life for my child? why couldn’t my child have both?"

Oct 6

photo series: death & the ganges - rhea kothari

"death is no stranger to the banks of the ganges. descending from the himalayas, the ganges flow through the cities of rishikesh and..."

Oct 4

hazy notes on grief and loss - saachi gupta

“i was told that at some point, i will have to make the choice between remembering you and letting you go.”

Oct 1

renaissance - caitlin peck

"death may be to an afterlife, or reincarnation, or simply from a state of being to un-being. moths act in all three of these facets."

Sep 29

curtains: in conversation with dov

"i live my truth and share my art."

Sep 28

pompeii: a symbol of death

"life in pompeii wasn't especially remarkable. but life is not what pompeii is known for."

Sep 26

taco & you - mayuri makwana

"i adopted your dog today. taco is a nice dog. i remember the day we named him. i dont feel lonely anymore."

Sep 24

motherland - mannav jaisinghani

"by the time i am my mother's age, i will be dead."

Sep 22

abyss - erhan us

"if you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss also gazes into you."

Sep 20

curtains: in conversation with gouda

"without creating, i am nothing. thus my death is neither celebratory nor reflective; in fact, it's quite sad."

Sep 18

photo series: death & nature - sarah boada

"visually, it looks like the plant was "hanging itself" in a premeditated attempt of suicide."

Sep 16

emmetropia - brecht lanfossi

emmetropia.

Sep 14

the happy flower - jahnavi john

"have you ever seen these same energetic flowers in the evening? just after dusk? have you seen how they wilt?"

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