This is a wonderful piece about one person's way of dealing with loss and grief. The use of the sounds and the silences is as arresting as the topic itself. Today's hurry up society is much better at hellos than goodbyes. Not so very long ago, people used to wash and prepare their loved ones' bodies for burial; our society once had a much more intimate relationship with the deaths of loved ones. In a final tribute to his mother, Luce builds her casket as his last goodbye. Luce has taken a different path and it's one that public radio listeners will want to hear.
Review of Bringing The Work Into You
Deborah Astley
Posted on June 13, 2005 at 12:28 PM
This is a wonderful piece about one person's way of dealing with loss and grief. The use of the sounds and the silences is as arresting as the topic itself. Today's hurry up society is much better at hellos than goodbyes. Not so very long ago, people used to wash and prepare their loved ones' bodies for burial; our society once had a much more intimate relationship with the deaths of loved ones. In a final tribute to his mother, Luce builds her casket as his last goodbye. Luce has taken a different path and it's one that public radio listeners will want to hear.