Dionysos' (Aries Osiris) declaration of divinity in Bakkhai isn't as desperate as Jesus' or Yeezus' demand for worship. The character, who represents duality and fluidity in Shaking the Tree Theatre's production of Euripides' ancient Greek tragedy The Bacchae and goes by the plural pronoun they, doesn't need love, but simply requires that their godhood be celebrated as natural law. It's a fact that their late mother's mortal family won't accept, bringing Dionysos (the spelling used by the writer of this adaptation, Anne Carson) to Thebes in a hero's quest for recognition, illustrating the brutal lengths they will go to seek revenge.

My first exposure to The Bacchae, the Dionysian Xena: Warrior Princess episode, maintains parallels to Bakkhai and its source material. On TV, Bacchus (the god's Roman name) was a ram-horned red devil with a harem of vampiric succubi who had to be vanquished. At Shaking the Tree, Dionysos is a beautiful, androgynous youth who spends at least a half-hour in a meditative trance while the audience is seated. In the production, Osiris looks like a medieval Janelle Monae in long braids fashioned like horns and a verdant green gown adorned with flowers and moss that drapes across the length of the stage. Though beauty belies the character's vengeance. The Dionysos in Bakkhai is far crueler than Xena's Bacchus, far more successful in their mission, and far more predatory.

Kadmos (David Bodin), Dionysos' mortal grandfather, comes closest to acknowledging his relative's divine origins, if only half-heartedly, by simply questioning the harm in proclaiming them a god, while the rest of the family, including Pentheus (Zak Westfall), Dionysos' cousin and Theban king, won't accept these "alternative facts." He also wants his mother, Agave (Kelly Godell), freed from Dionysos' hedonistic influence and conservative order restored. Though the besuited Pentheus ends up sealing his own fate when, after arresting Dionysos, he insults the god by suggesting they cut their luxurious braids.

Dionysos escapes Pentheus' prison using wit, seduction and supernatural powers, convincing their cousin that the only way to spy on the Bakkhaia femme Greek chorus that cheers and sings while roaming the audienceis to dress like a woman. The plan both excites and frightens the man. Knowing the ruse won't work, Dionysos builds trust with Pentheus like someone who helps you look for the wallet they stole from you themselves. Under the god's sway, Pentheus could be a baby drag queen at CC Slaughters, slowly building the confidence to sashay freely.

You sense Dionysos' betrayal coming, but there's still something shocking about it when Pentheus breaks out from the Bakkhai's control far too late, and only then recognizes his own doom. This is among Bakkhai's stronger moments. Godell's and Bodin's reactions nail the still-horrific trope of mothers killing their own children. Dionysos' refusal to forgive their grandfather and aunt makes this production feel like a queer revenge story.

I wish Bakkhai's pace were slowed, so we could revel in how Dionysos outwits everyone onstage. Beyond that, Shaking the Tree does justice to a gruesome narrative that Nietzsche helped pull from obscurity, and the company's textural projections fill in some of the play's more graphic and difficult moments. With its lush greenery, Bakkhai gives an unexpected boost against seasonal depression, and with its cast, provides a timely take on an ancient story pushing the limits of excess.

SEE IT: Bakkhai is at Shaking the Tree Theatre, 823 SE Grant St., shaking-the-tree.com. 7:30 pm Thursday-Saturday, through Nov. 2. $15-$35.

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Call it clever branding. Call it peak Silicon Valley. Either way, the Calm Booth by Room will run you $4,195. Perhaps its worth it for the peace of mind and the dozen annual Calm subscriptions the companies throw in. Im not going to tell you how to spend your hard-earned venture capital.

And I dont know, if it means helping to chill out your overworked staff in a top of the line scream booth with frosted Calm-branded windows, there are probably worse ways to spend that money. Also, the soundproofing material is made from 1,088 recycled plastic bottles, so maybe you can help out some sea turtles as well.

From the looks of it, the Calm Booth by Room is little more than a standard Room booth, with frosted glass, softer lighting and a soothing misty forest interior (read: pictures of trees). But its a pretty smart partnership between two white-hot startups. And anything designed to offer some relaxation and buck the open office trend surely has some merit, even if its not snark proof.

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"The Goddess Among Us"

at the October World Healing Meditation Ceremony Monday,

Oct 14th 6:55pm-8:45pm

Guest Speaker: Liza F. Camba (Sat-Akal)

Since 2010, Liza F. Camba (Sat-Akal) has been a sought- afterteacher, speaker, facilitator, and presenter on the topic of transformation, empowered living, happiness, and success. People are drawn to her classes and workshops because she delivers thought-provoking, highly engaging content and makes it accessibleto everyone. Creator of the Luminescence Festival which runs for a full day Sunday Sept 22, 2019.

Music:Liza (Sat-Akal) leads and facilitates regular sound baths for healing,relaxation, and transformation. Using various gongs, crystal bowls, and other healing sound instruments, Liza delivers a unique and memorable experience for all.

At SUM our mission is to celebrate the spiritual unity of all life and raise consciousness in light and love through community meditation and education and to inspire and empower those who attend the World Healing Mediation Ceremonies and all of humanity with the life transforming experience of Healing, Oneness and Unity.

WE are Saving our Planet from the Inside!

This is a movement which inspires people from all religious and philosophical backgrounds to link together in unified spiritual service through the practice of prayer and meditation.

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Katy Perry was no shrinking bloom last night in Washington, D.C., at the Silence the Violence charity benefit. The pop star posed on the red carpet in a voluminous off-the-shoulder floral-print gown with sparkling pumps by Roger Vivier.

Her dress had dramatic puffed sleeves with a hemline cut right above her ankles, where she was able to show off an equally eye-catching detail, glittery silver heels with Roger Viviers signature strass buckle. The pointy pumps, set on a 4-inch stiletto heel, were an excellent match to her dress as the buckle featured flower-shaped crystals. Theyre available for around $2,000 on Mytheresa.com.

Katy Perry arrives for the Silence the Violence benefit wearing Roger Vivier pumps.

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The Katy Perry Footwear founder performed at the benefit supporting the David Lynch Foundation, which is dedicated to serving around 10,000 local at-risk youth and adults with tools to overcome traumatic stress through meditation.

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As an avid meditator for almost 10 years, its the main tool Ive learned to help me balance my mind, body, and soul To learn more about transcendental meditation, go to TM.org, and to support teaching at-risk kids meditation to help them learn how to silence the violence, text CHANGE to 20222 to donate $25 .

In addition to luxury labels like Vivier, Perry often wears shoes from her eponymous line launched in 2017 in partnership with Global Brands Group. The affordable range includes flats, sandals, stilettos, booties and more styles; theyre available to purchase on Qvc.com.

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Meditation can be described as the process oftranscending ordinary waking consciousness or replacing unwholesome states ofmind.

Transcendental meditation, which puts someone ina state of restful alertness and rids the mind of unnecessary mentalactivity, is an effective way to lower stress levels, hypertension, bloodpressure, and depression, according to a study by Daniel Gutierrez, Jesse Foxand Andrew Wood.

Meditation trainers believe, according toGutierrez, Fox, and Wood, that these positive effects are the result ofmeditations ability to help people transcend through their thoughts andemotions.

The meditation practiced at the UniversityCounseling Center (UCC) is an experience where students learn basic meditationskills, such as placing their awareness and focus on the breath in the presentmoment, said Dr. Toi Geil, UCC Director.

Walking meditation is also practiced, in whichstudents learn to place awareness and focus on the sensation of the soles ofthe feet in the present while walking.

While the choice of what type of meditation topractice is up to the students, Geil said, What is popular really depends oneach students unique experience with the different practices.

Meditation is effective in reducing perceivedstress as well as benefiting ones mental health and cognitive/emotionalfunctioning, according to Li-Chuan Chu of Chung Shan Medical University inTaiwan.

Emotional intelligence, tolerance, sociability,empathy, and positive states of mind are found to be enhanced with regularmeditation. Conversely, anger, anxiety, hostility, depression, and relapsesinto depression are found to be decreased in those who practice regularmeditation. An overall improved well-being, including improved emotionalbalance and self-awareness, can be achieved through mediation. People whomeditate are likely to be more mindful about their environmentthepresentrather than thinking about the past and the future, according to Chu.

Beingable to focus on the present helps to alleviate worry and to be moreproductive.

Mindfulness practices at the UCC can have thesesame effects. Geil said the various types of mindfulness practices that includemeditation have benefits that involve calming the nervous system and helpingstabilize the mind.

Geil also said ample research is available to supportthe statement that the following are benefits of mindfulness practices: feelingless stressed, improving academic performance, and improving ones generalsense of wellbeing.

Geil said many people will benefit from mindfulnesspractices such as meditation, and that if a person wants to learn mindfulnesspractices for managing stress and improving well-being, then I am happy to helpthem learn various mindfulness skills.

People who suffer from headaches and migrainescan benefit from meditation, too. According to Mandy Oaklanders articlepublished in Time, people who meditate saw a decrease in the severity oftheir headaches as well as 1.4 fewer migraines a month. The length of theheadache also changed, with meditation taking off an average of three hours perheadache.

The UCC has incorporated mindfulness relatedapproaches intended to help students improve their wellbeing since the fall of2014, according to Geil.

The Big Sky Workshops have been offered througha collaboration between the UCC and the Wellness Center since the fall of 2015.These workshops and group offerings are based on the Koru mindfulness programthat was developed at Duke University, said Geil. For additional informationabout this program, refer to Mindfulness for the Next Generation byHolly Rogers, MD, and Margaret Maytan, MD. Meditation and mindfulness has beena part of UCCs practices for years, and Geil said, I have been helpingstudents in individual counseling learn mindfulness based stress reductionskills at the University of Wyoming since I was hired in the fall of 2012.

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Health professionals are exposed to situations of emotional vulnerability by being in continuous contact with patients and their suffering, which can cause conditions such as compassion fatigue, according to a review article published Sept. 9 in the International Journal of Mental Health Nursing. To address this issue, therapies such as mindfulness are being used to reduce stress and promote self-compassion.

But practicing mindfulness and meditation takes practice and knowledge to strengthen the nervous system in its response to stressful situations.

Its much like how an athlete trains for a sport, according to Susan Taylor, PhD, who leads the Relias Focused CE series, Focused Awareness: Bringing Mindfulness Into Focus for Healthcare Professionals.

The goal is to help clinicians learn how to use mindfulness and meditation to stay centered, become less stressed and help care for patients.

What happens is the mind is this field of energy, said Taylor, director of educational programs and founder of the Center for Meditation Science.When were outward driven and being bombarded with issues everyones in panic and fear and worry its learning how to tap into your own resources. We tap back into our own center of being. Meditationallows you to do that, if its done systematically, with precision, skill and in a systematic way.

Mindfulness is awareness, according to Taylor.

We have to bring that awareness into ourselves, so we can make the changes that we need to so were not disturbed, she said. In essence, we build resilience.

Nurses often cant change whats happening around them, but they can change themselves from the inside and project those changes to the outside world, according to Taylor. She tells people to remain CALM Consciously Aware Living in the Moment.

That could apply to the nurse in a busy emergency department who is surrounded by chaos. But applying the CALM approach, according to Taylor, is something the nurse would have had to learn and practice at home to strengthen the nervous system and harness strength in stressful situations.

Its the nervous system that reacts when youre in the work field, she said. If that nervous system is balanced and strengthened, then when you get into that situation your brain is not going to be wired for reaction.

Taylor continued, Youre going to be able to step back. Youre going to stop, observe, detach and then do whatever you need to do to make those changes without saying Oh my God, whats going to happen! The nervous system is not going to get into the alarm state that drains us. It drains us so fast and readily. Thats what aging and disease is all about.

There are different approaches for achieving better awareness and clarity. Researchers wrote about focus meditation for healthcare providers in a paper published Sept. 9 in the Swedish healthcare journal Lakartidningen.

Providers can practice the attention skill when facing an emergency by remembering a STOP sign Stop, Take a breath, Observe and Priority first.

Another approach, called insight meditation, helps providers observe their thoughts, then lets them pass and bring clarity. The authors wrote insight meditation can be practiced during emotional distress as SOAL Stop, Observe, Accept and Let go.

When were aware of our thoughts, we can then focus our life to where we want, Taylor said.

Nurses should learn how to breathe to reduce nurse stress, according to Taylor.

The breath regulates the parasympathetic and sympathetic branches of the nervous system. By focusing on the breath, nurses can strengthen the nervous system.

Taylor recommended focusing on breathing for five minutes each day. To do that, nurses have to learn the basic foundation of diaphragmatic breathing. Cleveland Clinic offers a resource on how to do that.

Once you learn how to do that, then you bring that breathing up to the base of the nostrils and you focus on that for five minutes a day. You can use a counting practice of one to five and five to one, Taylor said.

Breathing through a situation can lessen the toll it takes by taming nurse stress.

The breath is what regulates the thought process, she said. When we get a feeling, it creates a change in our breathing pattern, which then creates the thought. What we want to do is be able to balance ourselves so breath always stays regulated. When that breath stays regulated, then were able to monitor our thoughts and feelings so while were heading north, we dont end up going south.

Another important aspect of being aware and meditation is the ability to relax. But that, too, is a learned response. Nurses cant tell themselves to relax and expect nurse stress to disappear. It just doesnt work, according to Taylor.

Meditation is not easy, but I also dont water it down in the sense that theres a very large spectrum of mindfulness practices, she said. I teach people an authentic, systematic approach because they can then have it as a core to what theyre doing.

Reaping the benefits of becoming more aware, breathing correctly, meditating and relaxing takes learning and daily practice, according to Taylor.

Its something that has to be built up, she said. Were conditioning the nervous system to be more resilient. For conditioning, you need to do it every day.

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There is countless research talking about the morning being the most important part of our day.

As the professional working in the fast-paced retail supply chain environment, top performance, and ability to resolve daily ad hoc problems is key to me.

Before I replaced bad morning habits with healthy ones, by the end of the day at work, I was utterly drained. Without even mentioning my energy levels closer to the weekend.I have come across various articles talking about morning routines and decided to give it a go as it cant get any worse.

Although I have found a fair share of great morning routines, I have found that these have the best impact on me. I would encourage you to try them out, but please remember that you are individual and what suits me might not have the same effects on you.

Most people usually wake up regularly during their working days. However, as soon as we reach the weekend, we turn our alarm off and getting off the bed late.

Sounds familiar?

You are definitely not doing a favor to your body.

I think there is no need to introduce a Monday morning energy crash.

By breaking the waking up cycle, we alsobreak our circadian rhythm, also known as the sleep-wake cycle.

The first step I have done to keep my energy high throughout the day is that I had given up my weekend oversleeps.

It doesnt matter what day of the week it is, I am waking up at 6am. Occasionally, I treat myself to wake up at 7am every once in a while, but most of the time, I keep waking up at the same time.

This made all the difference in the world. I dont feel tired in the morning, and sometimes I wake up a couple of minutes before my alarm goes on.

For this to work, I also had to give up late nights, which means I am usually in bed no later than 10.30pm.

My working day starts at 8.30am when I am already in the office.

Why would you wake up at 6am if you have two and a half hours before work?

The answer is, I dont rush the morning anymore.

How familiar does this sound to you?

Waking up ten minutes before you need to leave the house, eat whatever you find in a kitchen for breakfast, and rush into work!

It sure was familiar to me.

I have given up late nights, so I can wake up earlier and dont rush anywhere.

I have time to prepare and enjoy a healthy breakfast but also think about the upcoming day.

Lets be honest, thinking about your busy day full of problems when enjoying your breakfast, make them insignificant, compared to thinking about all of them when running late to work.

Meditation was introduced to me by Joe Dispenzas book Breaking The Habit of Being Yourself.

Personally, I have noticed a lot of things that Joe is talking about happening in my life. However, the book has clarified why it happened or how it works.

I have started to follow his meditation, and it takes about 45 minutes in total before I go and make breakfast.

The impact I have experienced is significant. The biggest area of improvement on me was definitely the awareness of myself throughout the day.

Because I meditate every day, I remind myself of the feelings I want to avoid and what I want to feel. As a result, I am more conscious of my emotions throughout the busy day but also have uplifted mood. This, of course, reflects on others that have contact with me.

I find it priceless as thanks to the positive attitude achieved by meditation, I have established great professional connections since.

This is the first thing I do when I wake up and start my meditation.

I have aglass of filtered waterthat I have left in the room since the previous night. The room temperature water ensures that the body is gently stimulated to wake up and end the sleeping cycle.

Not only that, I mix lime and Himalayan salt with water. This combination is a great morning booster, and Himalayan salt contains many essential minerals that your body needs, and balances your pH levels. Lime, on the other hand, has lots of vitamins, but also its sour taste helps to wake you up.

Last but not least habit I have developed is that I dont look at the phone before I have finished breakfast.Before this, the first thing I have done in the morning is that I was scrolling social media.

These days are gone, and I am actually happier. The side effect of this is that I actually check social media less throughout the day, which keeps me more focused on whats important to me.

I want to encourage you to try these methods for a week and see results yourself. Again I want to remind you that what works for me might not necessarily work for you, so it is vital to find healthy habits that will suit your needs.

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Naomie Harris, starring as Moneypenny in the new Bond films, and a rookie in the cop thriller Black and Blue, talks about the benefits of sensory deprivation, the best 007, and her extensive police training.

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Age: 43

Hometown:London

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Naomie Harris: Its exploring the relationship between the community and the police forcea fractured relationship that has real trust issues at the moment. The movie felt incredibly important to me because it sheds light on that situation, offers some solutions, and has a powerful inspirational message.

I felt comfortable already because I did a film called Miami Vice with Michael Mann 20 years ago, for which I spent three months training with undercover agents. I had a boxing teacher and a firearms teacher, and I went out with the local police force. We went to practice-raid houses where real officers train, where people would suddenly jump out at you, and youd have to know who youre supposed to save and who youre supposed to shoot.

I also went out on a drug raid, and the police actually got the wrong person. Which was awkward.

Daniel Craig.

IM VERY PERFECTIONIST, VERY TYPE A. SO IM ALWAYS LIKE, MY INBOX HAS TO BE COMPLETELY TIDY.

Daniel is my favorite Bond because I totally believe hes someone who is a killer for a living, but I also see that he is damaged and vulnerable and capable of falling in love. He has a humanity and as well has this incredible wit and intellect.

I wanted her to be fierce and strong and intelligent and capable. I love her doing all the work out in the field and going toe-to-toe with Bond. I really dont want her to be seen as just the secretary anymore. She is Ms right-hand person.

Moonlight was a really rare way of making a film, because we shot it in three days. So I was able to fully inhabit the character, and I didnt actually want to release her at the end of the day. At the end, I felt Id really exorcized her completely out of me, so I was able to just walk away from the film knowing shes complete and not taking any of her with me.

I love flotation tanks.

The idea is no stimulation and also the sense of being back in the womb. I dont know how many tons of Epsom salts are in the water, but youre completely weightless and its the same temperature as your body. Its a really nurturing, healing experience.

My mom is an energy healer, and I meditate twice a day. I also go to a place in India for three weeks every year, where I switch off my phone and do Ayurvedic treatments and fasting.

You have to really train yourself so that when you get back, you dont immediately go into Oh my God, now my inbox is full of thousands of emails! and that sense of being overwhelmed. Thats what I did the first time: go straight back into stress mode. Im very perfectionist, very type A. So Im always like, my inbox has to be completely tidy.

You have to gently ease yourself back in by answering just a couple a day and repeating to yourself, Eventually, its all going to get done.

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Thomas Culham, Simon Fraser University and Neha Shivhare, Simon Fraser University

The fast pace of the business world where competition is the rule and return on investment decides everything can be challenging for business students.

They are expected to know the rules of business inside out but they also need to learn to master their emotions, to enable efficient and ethical decision making.

A traditional business education provides few opportunities for students to cultivate emotional resilience, empathy and ethical decision-making. Incorporating meditation into the curriculum could be a contribution to rectifying this.

Preliminary findings from a study conducted with business students at Simon Fraser University show that even 10 minutes of classroom meditation can gradually increase students levels of physical, mental and emotional awareness.

Can meditation help all students from elementary to university to become more peaceful, calm and better decision makers?

Our study, conducted with 93 students of a third year Business Ethics course in 2016, revealed that students who meditated in the classroom experienced a transformation in their thinking and behaviour.

Initially, these students found it challenging to control their monkey minds during a 10 minute meditation.

Interestingly, with practice over three months duration, 10 minutes became short for them, and they felt motivated to practice more at home.

For most of the students, meditation was a first time experience, and gradually they began to feel calmness and equanimity. Meditation allowed them to know themselves better, helping them feel more relaxed and peaceful. It seemed to increase students level of physical, mental and emotional awareness.

Moreover, students also reported waking dreams, visions and a sense of tranquility during meditation.

Most of the interviewed students said that they enjoyed meditation, and felt happy that they could attend the course.

Meditation is not just for adults. Children and adolescents also benefit. Research shows that meditation in the classroom helps students become more focused, calm, quiet, settled and rested by providing them an opportunity to learn to relax and reflect.

Researchers from the Universities of Udine and Rome in Italy, studied the effects of a mindfulness meditation training on a group of 16 healthy elementary school children aged seven to eight years old.

They found that meditation training improved childrens attention and reduced internalizing problems, such as fearfulness, withdrawal from social groups, anxiety and depression, improving their psychological well-being.

Ten to 12 minutes of meditation also enhances positivity and creativity among students by reducing restlessness, nervousness and irritation according to research from Erasmus Universitys Rotterdam School of Management.

More importantly 10 minutes of meditation daily can enable us to connect with ourselves, get acquainted with our innermost feelings and have better plans for future.

At the physiological level, research shows that meditation can reduce stress, pain, anxiety, cardiovascular diseases and insomnia.

Meditation also balances blood pressure and heart rate, improves respiration and cognition.

Neuroscience findings also suggest that brain can be changed structurally and functionally through regular practice of meditation resulting in improved emotional and mental states.

We also spoke informally with Dr. Deepak Chopra, alternative medicine advocate, public speaker and writer, during a conference in Tuscon, Arizona, in 2016. He unveiled regular meditation as the most important factor behind his charismatic personality and high level of energy, in the context of his extremely busy and socially-committed life.

Furthermore, there is ample research to show that the largest effects of meditation are experienced by those areas of brain which are responsible for happiness and positive feelings.

The above discussion provides a glimpse of the potential of a meditation practice for students of all ages.

A meditation practice does not require any sophisticated equipment, infrastructure, support system or money. It requires only commitment to dedicate at least 10 minutes everyday. And a small space to sit or stand comfortably.

Meditation as a part of regular teaching can play an important role not only in enabling students to increase their self-awareness, but also in changing their perspective to some extent.

We think it is time for schools at all levels to acknowledge meditation practices as an important part of any curriculum for the benefits of students and society as well.

Thomas Culham, Visiting Lecturer, Beedie School of Business, Simon Fraser University, Simon Fraser University and Neha Shivhare, Assistant Professor, Dayalbagh Educational Institute, India; Fellow, Simon Fraser University

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By Angela Hickey

2019 brought many great changes to humanity and society. Mostly, the change came from the people who were tired of taking things as they came and went completely against the status quo to pave the way for a brighter future. One of these activists, an artist, decided to use her talents in order to spread her message to a wider audience and impact societys thi

Judy Chicago, a contemporary artist, activist, and feminist icon has never been known to shy away from touchy subject matters. Her famous exhibit, Dinner Party, is a celebration of the legacies of women throughout history. Since then, she has yet to slow down, using multiple art forms and mediums to create her numerous exhibits that have inspired many, and her latest one is no different.

Her latest exhibit, titled The End: A Meditation on Death and Extinction, covers human morality and species extinction. The series of nearly 40 works of painted porcelain and glass are described as a visceral antidote to a culture that prizes youth and beauty, and often ignores the suffering of other creatures,according to the official website of the National Museum of Women in the Arts.

In this series, Chicago decided to use smaller-scale pieces that reveal a larger narrative. The series itself depicts the five stages of grief, morality, and extinction, with each exhibit occupying its own room.

While the first two address human aging and both the denial and acceptance of death, the third is a stunning analysis of the destruction that humans have perpetuated upon animal species and the Earth, a topic that hits home in 2019 says washington.org.

This exhibit, easily identifiable by its various mediums and intense subject matter, is a must see for anyone who appreciates avante-garde styles and impactful imagery. The End is intentionally designed by Chicago to be confrontational, and remind the audience of the truths they might refuse to face on their own.

Chicago wants her audience to feel the same raw emotions that she did, and to understand the reality of her subject in nature.The End: A Meditation on Death and Extinction, is officially opened to the public on September 19th, 2019, and will be on display at the National Museum of Women in the Arts until January 20th, 2020, from 10 am to 5 pm on Monday through Saturday and 12 pm to 5 pm on Sundays.

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