008 - Alexandra Becker-Black - Death, Discovery & Magic

Death, Discovery & Magic

Alexandra Becker-Black is a watercolor artist based in Portland, Oregon.  That may sound boring, but this ain't your Grandmother's tea-time kinda watercolor...

Alex has made a name for herself with her incredible large scale realistic portraits and renderings, done in a medium that is notoriously unforgiving of even the slightest mistake. 

We speak a lot in this episode about Death and the prominent role it has played as a theme in her work and her life the last many years, and even more so since the recent passing of her father late in 2019.   

In diving into the realm of Death, with all the pain, fear and grief that comes along with it, we find there is much richness, magic and beauty waiting to be uncovered.

And we get to have fun in the process as well.  After all, we can't always be locking ourselves in the basement to paint and sing our hearts out.   There's a lot of life out there. 


See some of Alex's work at her website: http://www.alexandrabeckerblack.com/

More of this podcast: www.thisnakedvoice.com


Resources on Death, Dying and the Afterlife that I've found useful:

https://integrallife.com/okay-im-dead/

The Denial of Death - Ernest Becker

Lecture by Rudolf Steiner - The Moment of Death and the Period Thereafter

More Rudolf Steiner quotes on Death from various writings and lectures

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