Comments on: Creation’s Groan http://empireremixed.com/2008/01/31/creations-groan/ rethinking everything Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:05:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: andrew http://empireremixed.com/2008/01/31/creations-groan/#comment-27 Sat, 02 Feb 2008 13:12:40 +0000 http://empireremixed.wordpress.com/?p=38#comment-27 It’s amazing which moments stick with you, and which don’t. This one is just etched on my mind :: I come back to it time and again as if there’s something more to see, something more to learn from it.

Above all, however, I think the fact that death was both natural and common was transformational for my vision of life. If death isn’t always tucked away in a tidy little funeral home, if it’s not left to the professionals, if it’s an ever-present reality, I think it alters your understanding of these sufferings.

]]> By: lisa http://empireremixed.com/2008/01/31/creations-groan/#comment-26 Fri, 01 Feb 2008 08:10:55 +0000 http://empireremixed.wordpress.com/?p=38#comment-26 Beautiful, Andrew.

When I was at Shanti Dan in Calcutta, this lady that I really loved talking with died, and they had me sew nightgowns in the same room as her shrouded body. So I sat there for 2 hours, sewing and praying and keeping watch in a weird way — an image that comes back to me all the time now.

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