Summary

“This offering is a meditation upon death-phobic socialization, and the ways in which our refusal to examine the singularly universal experience of dying undermines our capacity to experience true peace in our lives. Inspired by the notion that death itself is a profound rite of spiritual passage, this piece offers a vision of acceptance with implications that stretch across personal, familial, and political landscapes. To accept the impermanence of our lives is to hold each moment of each life as sacred Ð a radical concept in a culture that measures human value in socio-economic terms shaded by deeply internalized ethnocentric prejudice.” by S. Preston Duncan, Literary Arts, USA / Richmond, VA, Day 24 / July 29, 2020.