Exploring the weird & wonderful world of fragrance & funerals
In this series, we examine aspects of death and bereavement through art, olfaction, and imaginative thinking. Feel free to follow along at home and leave your take on this scented death meditation below. This Week's Muse St. Francis Borgia at the Death Bed of an Impenitent, Francisco Goya, 1788 As this is the last of... Continue Reading →
In this series, we examine aspects of death and bereavement through art, olfaction, and imaginative thinking. Feel free to follow along at home and leave your take on this scented death meditation below. This Week's Muse Girls 3, Matsuyama Miyabi, 2016 I have a huge crush on Matsuyama Miyabi, a contemporary artist that mixes the... Continue Reading →
If you are in the market for a coffee table book that will certainly get people talking, I can not recommend enough Heavenly Bodies: Cult Treasures and Spectacular Saints from the Catacombs by Paul Koudounaris. This photo-heavy book explores the surviving examples of Catacomb Saints. What's a Catacomb Saint you say? Well in response to... Continue Reading →
