Type of Submission
Poster
Keywords
Grief, Grieving, Loss, Death, Allegory
Proposal
Grief is an entity that no one fully understands, especially without personal experience. It is complicated, painful, and mysterious from the outside. Grief and death are topics frequently avoided. People often hope that not talking about death or bandaging it with simple solutions will allow them to dodge its dark claws. However, death is inevitable, and it is only when we stop resisting this fact that we can help those who have been affected by it. This allegorical story affirms the experiences of those grieving as well as teaches readers how to support those with this struggle. Support does not mean attempting to fix the situation, but rather choosing to open one’s eyes to see the person and the pain that they are experiencing. One person’s listening presence has more value than a thousand words of advice. The poster will artistically display the content of the story.
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.
A Story of Loss, for Those Who Are Lost
Grief is an entity that no one fully understands, especially without personal experience. It is complicated, painful, and mysterious from the outside. Grief and death are topics frequently avoided. People often hope that not talking about death or bandaging it with simple solutions will allow them to dodge its dark claws. However, death is inevitable, and it is only when we stop resisting this fact that we can help those who have been affected by it. This allegorical story affirms the experiences of those grieving as well as teaches readers how to support those with this struggle. Support does not mean attempting to fix the situation, but rather choosing to open one’s eyes to see the person and the pain that they are experiencing. One person’s listening presence has more value than a thousand words of advice. The poster will artistically display the content of the story.
