Memory Overload in Grief
When Memories of The Dead Overload Our Circuits Grief expert Marty Tousley, CNS-BC, FT, DCC recently listed the signs of what disbelief or denial looks like in individuals who have suffered the…
Doing No-Thing For Your Patient Is Not Doing Nothing
Doing No-Thing: a 2-Way Exercise The art of doing no-thing with a needy patient is different from doing nothing for a needy patient. It's an exercise in self-restraint for…
The Hand-Held Photo Album: A Forgotten Way to Reminisce?
In Alina Tugend's recent article about memory-keeping in the wake of Hurricane Sandy,"The Meaning in a Drawer Full of Old Family Snapshots" (NYTimes, 11-17-12) Professor A. Joan Saab, an associate profesor of…
Anita Talks Geneology with digital artist Nancy Gershman
Genealogy Blogger Anita Wills Interviews Nancy Gershman about “Ancestor Photo-Ops”
Anita Wills, host of “Anita Talks Genealogy” on Blog Talk Radio interviewed me about my Ancestor Dreamscape work on April 11, 2011 from her California studio. Wills, the author of…
Association of Personal Historians: "Cover Art: It's Not Window Dressing"
Cover Art for Legacy Works: It’s Not Window Dressing
Linda Coffin knows one thing, and that is that narrative and design “simply must go hand-in-hand if we want to do justice to the story.” In a recent thread on…
Cut and Paste for Healing on Mother’s Day
Nancy's warring mother and grandmother Psychologist Elizabeth Lombardo, author of the happiness guidebook, "A Happy You: Your Ultimate Prescription for Happiness" tells us "...the proverbial 'hit the pillow to get aggression out…
Grief-wear: Photo Purses Become The New Locket of Hair
Can a healing photo montage - not just metaphorically but literally - commingle our public and private selves? Wrestling with the death of her grandchild, a professional grief counselor was…
Art For Your Sake Interviewed by Thomas MacEntee of Geneabloggers.com
Below is the interview reprinted in full with Thomas MacEntee of High Definition Genealogy and the founder of Geneabloggers.com. MacEntee is a genealogist specializing in the use of technology and…
Vitaly and Nitro-glycerin by legacy artist Nancy Gershman
Why Legacy Artists Favor Family Lore over Fact
It's a historian's professional obligation to dispel myths and legends writes Gordon Wood (No Thanks for the Memories, The New York Review of Books, Jan. 13, 2011, ). But sometimes the…
Treats (versus Treatment) for the Grieving
Prescriptive photomontage for Shirley H Retelling the story of loss hurts. A normal component of grief recovery, it is often as painful as the loss itself. I remember one widow's words which always…
The Coolest Gift to Give a 20-Something
What do you get your college-age nephew, your sister who's graduating, or your 20-something running buddy? A photo gift that makes them look epic. I'm Nancy Gershman, a digital artist…
Photomontage Portraiture:The Most Meaningful Gift in the World
[Jump ahead to find out why these symbols are in Fran and Rick's custom photo collage: a smiley face ping pong ball, an image of the Attaché Motel, a…