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What can a cenotaph be like: How do I choose the shape, location, and format of the symbolic memory space?

This module will help you understand how to choose a cenotaph, a symbolic place of remembrance, if there is no ordinary grave, it is far away, inaccessible, unknown, or the body has not been found.

What can a cenotaph be like: How do I choose the shape, location, and format of the symbolic memory space?

The cenotaph does not have to be a monument. It can be a tree, a bench, a garden, a sign, a home corner, a digital page, a memory book, an annual meeting or other gentle action. The module is suitable for you if you want to create a place of memory without haste, pressure and unnecessary pain: take into account the feelings of family, children, friends, religious or cultural traditions, choose the appropriate form and understand which words are better to use. You can just read the module in 20-30 minutes. Or you can return to it in parts when you have the strength to think about the form of memory. The decision does not need to be made immediately. The main goal is to give memory a form in which there will be room not only for pain, but also for love.

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