After attending the exhibition, “The Perfect Medium: Photography and the Occult,” at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art in November 2005, I realized I could never satisfy my curiosity for this work in a packed gallery. This was an entire subculture I knew nothing about! Luckily, the book was available.
Death, Mourning & the Afterlife
Ed’s Cemetery Traveler Blog
- "Lincoln in the Bardo" - Oak Hill Cemetery February 20, 2023As I sit here in my living room typing this passage, my thirteen-year-old daughter is practicing Bach’s Prelude in C minor on our piano. I can’t help but think it would be the perfect soundtrack to George Saunders’ recent novel, Lincoln in the Bardo. The music is somber, as is the book. You may be wondering […]