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Community Funded

May 10, 2012 //
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30.
101.
36,000.
1.1 million.

Every 30 seconds, someone attempts suicide in the United States. 101 people die each day, adding up to over 36,000 suicide deaths every year. And across the globe, 1.1 million people are lost to suicide.

Imagine how many people are left behind. What does that number look like?

How do suicide survivors deal with the shock, anguish and guilt that follows a suicide loss? For each person, the answer is different. Some channel their grief through creative expression. They write. They make art. They compose music or make films.

I am working on a book, And Tomorrow Comes Again, showcasing artistic  statements of grief, healing and peace. A traveling exhibit will feature selected pieces from the book and contributions from community members.

This powerful project is important, intending to spark vital dialog about suicide and what it leaves behind. It takes a lot of time, effort and financial resources to build a book.
There’s the outreach to find creatives, compiling and editing the material, book design and layout, social media and publicity expenses, administrative costs, professional fees. It adds up quickly.

I’m asking for your help to finance the production costs through Community Funded, a tool that connects people, ideas and resources in historic new ways, empowers our communities, and promotes “grass-roots economic recovery.”  Like KickStarter, Community Funded gives you the opportunity to invest in meaningful projects like And Tomorrow Comes Again.
For as little as $10, you can help make this dream a reality. Please go to the Community Funded web site and pledge to contribute. Every dollar helps. Every dollar makes a difference.
Anything’s possible when it’s Community Funded.

Categories Art, Book, Community Funded, Coping, KickStarter, Loss, Suicide, Suicide Art, Suicide Grief, Suicide Survivors

All The Kings Horses

April 24, 2012 //
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Mic Eales, All the kings horses, Books, steel, ostrich egg, 153 cms
 

Today we welcome Australian artist Mic Eales to the project. Thank you, Mic, for sharing your moving and inspiring work.

Mic is a sculptor/mixed media/installation artist. He is currently undertaking a PhD titled, Different Voice, Different Perspective: a visual arts enquiry into understanding suicide through original voice narratives, at Southern Cross University. Read the rest of this entry »

Categories All The Kings Men, Art, Artists, Coping, Grief, Loss, Mic Eales, Suicide, Suicide Survivors

A Memorial to Kyle

April 22, 2012 //
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This painting was created by Heidi Dyas-McBeth after her brother Kyle died by suicide.

Initially, I thought that And Tomorrow Comes Again would be written journals and audio diaries of suicide survivors working through their grief. But that’s because I talk and I write.

After interviewing Wes Schultz of the band The Lumineers, and talking to him about how he and band mate Jeremiah Fraites used music to assuage their grief after Jeremiah’s older brother – and Wes’ best friend – Josh died of a drug overdose, I came to realize I was limiting expression. I don’t know if Josh’s death was accidental or due to suicide, but in talking to Wes, I realized that there are so many different paths through grief, and making the project about the written and spoken word was doing a disservice to suicide survivors who speak with a different voice.

That being said, And Tomorrow Comes Again has shifted its focus to include art and music and film. It may shift again at some point. I don’t know. I just know I want anyone who wishes to be included to feel that what they have to say is relevant and not limited to how I communicate, which was a shortsighted point of view.

Categories Art, Art Therapy, Artists, Coping, Grief, Heidi Dyas-McBeth, Loss, Suicide, Suicide Bereavement, Suicide Survivors

And Tomorrow Comes Again

February 29, 2012 //

And Tomorrow Comes Again

When suicide ends a life, it’s also a beginning.

For those left behind, it’s the beginning of life without their loved one. The beginning of all the questions: “What could I have said? Or done? Why? Why? Why?”

It’s also the beginning of a long, painful healing process. One that oftentimes, because of our society’s discomfort with suicide, happens in solitude.

But you’re not alone. And healing does happen. Because tomorrow comes again.

Categories Art, Art Therapy, Book, Coping, Journals, Poetry, Suicide, Suicide Grief, Suicide Survivors