Word: griefs
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...been a Curtis Mayfield cover were it not for the reference to “staying at home and playing video games.” Even the additional live track, “Thickness,” is shot through with a profound sense of sympathy that verges on grief, a stark contrast to the sassy attitude of the other performances. “Thickness” is the emotional high point of the album, setting the harrowing story of a young girl’s sexual exploitation to a lugubrious bassline and mournful horns. The tale of a woman...
...know the children's names. We meet the parents, the best man at the wedding, the football coach, in the newspapers and on morning television. Whatever taboo made grief a private matter is for now a casualty of war. Has there ever been so intimate a reckoning as this--and not just on our side? Mohamed Atta was a scrawny kid who liked chess and got upset if someone killed a bug. Osama bin Laden was devoted to his mama and liked to drive tractors and watch nature videos. We compare his pallor from video to video to assess...
...Lebanon or Somalia do not apply; everything about this task is different. We were attacked. We've already suffered thousands of casualties; we fight to defend ourselves, our principles and their memory. And this too is an intimate crusade. Credit the New York Times and its "Portraits of Grief" with ensuring that even though nearly 3,000 people perished, we may eventually make the acquaintance of each one. We know who was a bride-to-be and who was a woodcarver, who clipped coupons and who had retired the week before and gone in only to clean out his desk...
...wake of Sept. 11, a small gallery space opened in SoHo in an effort to provide another venue for the expression of grief, following in the idea of healing through art. The concept of Here is New York is remarkably simple but equally profound: Anyone—from a snapshot-taking tourist to a professional photographer —can contribute images somehow relevant to the attacks; the images are digitally scanned, reprinted and hung. Anyone can order a printed copy of any image for $25, with profits being donated to relief efforts. The layout of the gallery space reflects...
...place a price tag on grief...