tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5231979855831826598.post4895867241983847312..comments2023-08-09T06:33:27.170-07:00Comments on Pallimed: Arts and Humanities: Edgar Allan PoeChristian Sinclairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14685043408496367587noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5231979855831826598.post-88460680565833041182011-03-16T23:54:09.694-07:002011-03-16T23:54:09.694-07:00Bram, glad you discovered us. I guess if you want...Bram, glad you discovered us. I guess if you want to write about horror, what is more horrifying than being buried alive? I would believe that no English writer has covered this topic as much. It's not a topic I would relish writing about over and over. <br>Thanks for your comments.Amber Wollesen, MDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01363380047496375863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5231979855831826598.post-61134687768166530492011-03-16T23:54:09.508-07:002011-03-16T23:54:09.508-07:00I guess there are few thing more horrifying than b...I guess there are few thing more horrifying than being buried alive. <br>But reflecting on the 'art' of palliative medicine: are really sick (and dying) people not buried alive also? Not in their graves, but in their own body: the anxiety of breathlessness, pain, senses of desperation and abandonment; all parts I have seen (as a nursing student) that can belong to the life of a really sick/dying person. All parts that are described as the horrifying feelings experienced when someone is buried alive, except our body is our coffin; taking away the ability to be a person. In our modern world death is the part we don't want to acknowledge as a very important part of life (perhaps even the part that is making life worth living). Life is the thing we do when we are 'young' and death is farthest from our mind. Death is scary, because we don't know it, and can't control it. Ask anyone about the way they want to die and most people would say; without breathlessness, pain and in a room filled with friends. <br><br>From that point of view palliative medicine is constantly 'digging up' in a forming grave: putting life in the days, removing the anxiety that comes with dying or living in the face of death.<br><br>This part of the pallimedblog is a very nice way of using arts to reflect on this very important questions and aspects of life. I've already written a Dutch Blogpost on this part of the pallimed blog to advertise it and will continue to do so when meeting students, teachers, colleagues and clients. <br><br>Rock on.geriatricarehttp://geriatricare.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5231979855831826598.post-77422343492861182472009-07-09T06:23:06.610-07:002009-07-09T06:23:06.610-07:00I guess there are few thing more horrifying than b...I guess there are few thing more horrifying than being buried alive. <br />But reflecting on the 'art' of palliative medicine: are really sick (and dying) people not buried alive also? Not in their graves, but in their own body: the anxiety of breathlessness, pain, senses of desperation and abandonment; all parts I have seen (as a nursing student) that can belong to the life of a really sick/dying person. All parts that are described as the horrifying feelings experienced when someone is buried alive, except our body is our coffin; taking away the ability to be a person. In our modern world death is the part we don't want to acknowledge as a very important part of life (perhaps even the part that is making life worth living). Life is the thing we do when we are 'young' and death is farthest from our mind. Death is scary, because we don't know it, and can't control it. Ask anyone about the way they want to die and most people would say; without breathlessness, pain and in a room filled with friends. <br /><br />From that point of view palliative medicine is constantly 'digging up' in a forming grave: putting life in the days, removing the anxiety that comes with dying or living in the face of death.<br /><br />This part of the pallimedblog is a very nice way of using arts to reflect on this very important questions and aspects of life. I've already written a Dutch Blogpost on this part of the pallimed blog to advertise it and will continue to do so when meeting students, teachers, colleagues and clients. <br /><br />Rock on.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5231979855831826598.post-38096718224193534432009-07-06T13:30:47.581-07:002009-07-06T13:30:47.581-07:00Bram, glad you discovered us. I guess if you want...Bram, glad you discovered us. I guess if you want to write about horror, what is more horrifying than being buried alive? I would believe that no English writer has covered this topic as much. It's not a topic I would relish writing about over and over. <br />Thanks for your comments.Amber Wollesen, MDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01363380047496375863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5231979855831826598.post-67127869444779676412009-07-05T23:07:02.489-07:002009-07-05T23:07:02.489-07:00I just discovered this arts part of the pallimedbl...I just discovered this arts part of the pallimedblog: fantastic!!<br /><br />Perhaps a nice 'palliative' addendum to this post about EA Poe: he appeared to be scared 'as hell' to be buried alive. It also appears to be a recurring theme in his work. <br /><br />I read so in a Dutch translation of book by a scandinavian doctor (Jan Bondeson). The English Title is 'Buried Alive' (WW Norton & company New York). <br /><br />In fact Bondeson claims no (english) writer used the theme of being buried alive more often than Poe.Bram Hengeveldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05065123359474044081noreply@blogger.com