This past week was another life milestone for me as I said goodbye to my father in this world. He passed away this past week - fortunately without suffering but after a period of dementia and confusion. In many ways this caused mixed emotions - the desire to see him continue in this life and the knowledge that he had lost touch with it.Always an emotional time, the connection with family was good and helped bring a certain closure to this chapter.
On the artistic note - it we amazing to me to notice the many touches of artistic endeavor attached to a funeral. The intricate finishes of wheat sheaves on the casket, the flower arrangements, the arrangements of dried grain and flowers on the casket, the music and even the solemn processions and the way people dressed and stood during the grave side service. As I view pictures of this, I realize that these images are implanted in my mind as much as a great piece of art.
