grief
in all of its memory
grief
Our capacity to hold onto our grief, in even the smallest bits, is poor. Our refusal to acknowledge its repeated return over time, in whatever form…instead, blowing right past it or pretending it’s not that big of a deal.
The capitalist and imperialist systems we live in depend on a population that does not stop moving, consuming, producing. Such
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We treat grief as something reserved for death alone, when in truth we live with it every day — in our endings, our beginnings, and every choice in between.
This is why our grief capacity stays so fragile. We keep skipping funerals for our own lives.
This is why our grief capacity stays so fragile. We keep skipping funerals for our own lives.
Jamila Bradley • Grief Is a Practice: The Western Struggle with Letting Go
We don’t know how to set something down with reverence. We either white‐knuckle it until it rots in our grip, or we smash it so there’s nothing left to miss.
Grief Is a Practice: The Western Struggle with Letting Go
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