![]() ![]() ![]() Lavendar exhorts the reader to believe in angels and miracles don’t just dream – “let your dreams overtake you.” In “Belief” she evokes the image of “a flow of supernatural energy.” In addition to the photographs, there are emotive artworks incorporating butterflies, hearts, stars, angels and glowing faces floating in the heavens. ![]() She often refers to God, or Spirit, as a bringer of hope, and writes with the absolute conviction that death is simply a “metamorphosis.” Many of her poems read like mystical messages left for the reader on a cosmic bulletin board, superimposed over vivid color photographs depicting a beautiful sunrise or the moon peeking through the trees. In one of her rhyming works, “Never Goodbye” she laments the death of a daughter, asking:īut she concludes this poem in a different, more positive mode: “I will miss you until we reunite in God’s grace.” This combination of inspirational artwork and poems has been created to comfort those experiencing grief and loss.Īuthor Diamante Lavendar writes that, “to fully understand life, we must understand loss.” Pain forges valleys, and joy can fill those valleys. Finding Hope in the Darkness of Grief: Spiritual Insights Expressed Through Art, Poetry and Proseīy: Diamante Lavendar/Publisher: Balboa Press/Publication Date: July 2018/ISBN: 978-198205683/Reviewed by: Barbara Bamberger Scott/Review Date: June 14, 2018 ![]()
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