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Collected Item: “How art helps us make sense of COVID-19's incomprehensible toll”

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How art helps us make sense of COVID-19's incomprehensible toll

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article

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Across the country, people have been making public art installations in memory have those that died due to COVID-19. Some of these memorials are meant to help people understand the large scope of death, others are meant to help the creators and viewers start to heal after loss.

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art, remembrance, memorial, grief, HSE

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https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/2020/11/how-art-helps-make-sense-covid-19-incomprehensible-toll/

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Sydney Combs

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2020-11-18
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