A living memorial is a practice or gathering that keeps a dead person’s memory active within ongoing life, rather than confining remembrance to a monument or anniversary. In this story, the urns Alex Warren’s fans bring to his concerts function as living memorials: the parent is carried into a joyful night of music, named in conversation, and returned home with the singer’s signature newly inscribed on the vessel.
(Alex Harden from Harrisburg, PA, USA / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0))
Mentioned in: He Lost Both Parents and Found a Choir of the Bereaved: Alex Warren and the Music of Grief