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🎬 The Philly Goat Project Grief Walk

Published 25 days ago • 1 min read

Hi Reader,

In the U.S., we don’t really want to talk about death, and we are certainly not great at dealing with grief. After a profound loss of a loved one, we are expected to get back to work, get back to “normal” after a couple of weeks. Americans are taught to get “over it,” rather than carry our loss with us, processing it and holding it in a place of honor.

​The Philly Goat Project Grief Walk is a unique invitation for people to come together, to be with other grievers (and goats in a beautiful setting), to make space and time for the grief that we feel. It’s a wonderful community of people that I am better for having met. And those goats! I was happy to walk amongst this herd of loving, affectionate creatures.

I’m thrilled to share this full-length feature about Philly Goat Project’s Grief Walk and Grief Garden. It features gorgeous cinematography by director of photography Phil Bradshaw, whose camera beautifully embraces the power of nature to play a healing role in our lives.

“Somehow it makes it easier to be human, to be around goats,” says Angel Hogan, a writer who volunteers with the Philly Goat Project. After watching this film, I am almost certain you will agree.

All my best,
Glenn Holsten
Filmmaker

PO Box 130, Drexel Hill, PA 19026
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