Grief shared, hands moving, people working side by side. Creating ephemeral art as a community despite the aching sorrow is a powerful way to celebrate life, and love, together.

#LivingMemorial #CommunityArt #RememberWithLove #CollectiveCreation #CelebratingLife

Kennedy Center president demands $1m from musician who canceled Christmas Eve show Drummer Chuck Redd decided to cancel his yearly Jazz Jam after Donald Trump added his name to the venue

President #JohnFKennedy was assassinated in 1963, and #Congress #PassedALaw the following year #NamingTheCenter as a #LivingMemorial to #JFK.
Trump’s handpicked board approved the #renaming, which violates the law. Kennedy niece #KerryKennedy has vowed to remove #Trump’s name from the building ...

I wrote LTC Paul J. Finken’s name on my arm so I could see it while running.

This Memorial Day, I ran for Army Lieutenant Colonel Paul J Finken, who died in service to our country on November 2, 2006 in Iraq. #wearblueruntoremember #livingmemorial

#awanderingpoet
#poets
#poetry
#livingmemorial

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Bessel van der Kolk – How Trauma Lodges in the Body, Revisited The psychiatrist and trauma specialist, with practical help and unique wisdom on what’s been happening in our bodies and our brains.

"I need to have my nightmares because I need to be a #livingmemorial to my friends who died in Vietnam."
#trauma