About the Remembrance Path Project

The Remembrance Path project has been initiated by Shropshire based artists Wren Miller and Ray Jacobs.

The project is an ongoing exploration of arts and the grieving process. The artists, who are going through bereavement in their own lives, see the project as an opportunity for members of the community to share their own experiences of loss in a positive and creative way.

 

The artists see dialogue, sharing, silence, walking, the recalling of memories, the opening of the senses, personal contemplation, writing, drawing and ritual as important doorways and means of artistic expression on the remembrance path.

The artists are based in Shrewsbury, a town influenced by one of its most famous sons, Charles Darwin. During research on Charles Darwin it occurred to the artists what a huge influence loss and bereavement had on his life, both as a young boy who lost his mother and as a parent who suffered the grief of losing a child. Elements of Darwin's life also linked in with other important aspects of the project, including the importance of walking as a contemplative and healing practise, his use of stones as markers for thoughts as he walked, and the healing and nurturing effect of the landscape.

To date the project has included:
A daily contemplative walk (including the sharing of memories through conversation, writing and artwork); environmental art workshops for bereaved children and the creation of a public art piece ‘The Remembrance Labyrinth’, made of 7000 used books, walked through lightly, thoughtfully, contemplatively and playfully.

There are many ways of participating in this project:

 

Following the Darwin remembrance walk.

Walking your own remembrance path and telling us about it.

Sharing your own thoughts, writing and artworks with us.