{"id":135166,"date":"2020-12-17T21:18:22","date_gmt":"2020-12-17T19:18:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=135166"},"modified":"2020-12-17T21:18:25","modified_gmt":"2020-12-17T19:18:25","slug":"emily-dickinson-what-happens-when-you-die-a-poetic-inquiry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=135166","title":{"rendered":"Emily Dickinson: What happens when you die? A poetic inquiry"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-ted wp-block-embed-ted wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Emily Dickinson: What happens when you die? A poetic inquiry\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.ted.com\/talks\/emily_dickinson_what_happens_when_you_die_a_poetic_inquiry\" sandbox=\"allow-popups allow-scripts allow-same-origin\" width=\"922\" height=\"519\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Death, a kindly gentleman riding in a horse carriage, comes to collect a woman for her journey to the afterlife. So begins Emily Dickinson&#8217;s poem &#8220;Because I could not stop for Death,&#8221; an exploration of both the uncertainties of death and its inevitability. Dive into one of Dickinson&#8217;s most celebrated works, which speaks to life&#8217;s greatest mystery: what happens when you die? [Directed by White Rabbit, narrated by Bethany Cutmore-Scott].<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Death, a kindly gentleman riding in a horse carriage, comes to collect a woman for her journey to the afterlife. 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