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The Interdisciplinary Journal of Partnership Studies (IJPS) shares scholarship and creates connections for cultural transformation to build a world in which all relationships, institutions, policies and organizations are based on principles of partnership.

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Vol. 10 No. 2 (2023): Partnership and Innovation

Published: 2023-12-21

Artwork is a square piece using paper, marker, natural fibers, and dried flowers. The image is a nature scene with a dark forest in the upper left, and hills, sky, and a river. A large, flying crow with its mouth open is prominent in the center, and carries a large anatomically-correct human heart with its feet. The crow, known to hold death ceremonies or funerals for its kin, is protecting and making space for the heart, symbolizing the vulnerability and preciousness of our lives that become apparent when  we  lose those beloved  to us. The river represents the tears that cleanse and refresh not only the joy and gratitude for loving and having been loved, but also the heartache of loss. Night and day, constellations and clouds, the Earth,and that which grows from it, represent change, the one thing we can rely on.

Art Feature:

Grief, 2021
Mixed media, paper, marker, natural fibers, and dried flowers.
By Sara K. Bauer

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Guest Editor: Oriana Beaudet, DNP, RN, FAAN


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