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Hi, My name is Kati Greaney and I was passed some information about your book and project from my dear friend Sarah Levitan.  I would like to participate in your project and have some art and stories to contribute.  I have had 2 very powerful birth experiences that have given me strength and power beyond imagination.  On September 8 of this year I lost my son Cedar at 37 weeks.  I have been processing and healing from this experience through creating art that I would like to share with you (I attached some images in this email).  Here is a short version of his story: In September 2017 I gathered together with 4 of my closest girl friends just days before my due date to bless my belly, my baby and my house for the beautiful healthy birth of my second son.  I know now that my baby had already died earlier that day, but in our blissful ignorance we sent his spirit into the next realms in a joyful ceremony. That evening I realized t...

Artist Carmen Winant on Why 2,000 Images of Childbirth Belong at MoMA

  https://www.vogue.com/article/carmen-winant-my-bi rth-being-photography-exhibition-museum-of-modern-art-moma-womens-health-feminism