A Will for the Woods
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What if our last act could be a gift to the planet? Capturing the genesis of a revolutionary social and environmental movement, A WILL FOR THE WOODS draws the viewer into a life-affirming and immersive portrait of people embracing their connection to timeless natural cycles.
Musician, folk dancer, and psychiatrist Clark Wang prepares for his own green burial, determined that his final resting place will benefit the earth. He has discovered a movement that uses burial to conserve and restore natural areas, forgoing toxic, wasteful funeral practices engineered to preserve the body at the ecosystem's expense. Clark, a spirited and charismatic advocate, sets out to save a tract of forest with the help of green burial pioneers and a compassionate local cemeterian.
While he continues to battle cancer, he and his partner Jane find great comfort in the thought that his death - whenever it may happen - will be a force for regeneration. As the film follows Clark's dream of leaving a loving, permanent legacy, environmentalism takes on a deeply human intimacy.
The folloiwng is a note about the short version of A WILL FOR THE WOODS by the filmmakers: 'This hour-long version was originally edited down from the feature-length version for the film's PBS broadcast as part of the program America ReFramed. The heart of both films is the same - Clark, Jane, and Dyanne's powerful journey. This edit streamlines that story by focusing more on scenes that highlight Clark's connection to green burial. For some, the hour-long film may prove useful for its shorter runtime and/or its emphasis on the scenes that offer the most educational relevance. This version also includes roughly 30 minutes of bonus material.'
'A Will for the Woods weaves a beautiful story of one person's life and his approaching death as a witness to his spiritual and ecological vision. The film exquisitely captures an often overlooked dimension of contemporary ecology - the burgeoning natural burial movement. A Will for the Woods powerfully interweaves the ecological, spiritual and economic impacts on not only those who are making the transition from this life but on their loved ones as well. This film makes a beautiful statement about a dimension of our existence about which we spend too little time pondering.' Rev. Charles Morris, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies and Philosophy, Madonna University, Board President, Green Burial Council International
'A must see: A Will for the Woods is a moving and conscious-raising film about green burial. It promotes a way of bodily disposal that is spiritually enriching, environmentally friendly and helps to protect areas of natural beauty. The beginning of a funeral reform in the U.S.A. that gives new meaning to death.' Dr. Eric Venbrux, Director of the Centre for Thanatology, Radboud University Nijmegen, Co-editor, Changing European Death Ways
'This is an impressive, captivating, and powerful film. It is both an intimate portrait of the burgeoning green burial movement and a philosophical reflection on human mortality in a time of environmental crisis.' Gary Laderman, Chair of Department of Religion, Professor of American Religious History and Cultures, Emory University, Author, The Sacred Remains and Rest in Peace
'An interesting insight into the counter-culture of the new green burial movement in the United States. A Will for the Woods is a unique look at how a group of contemporary Americans deal with death, and how they, in the face of death, form an alternative movement that mirrors other alternative movements that are characteristic for our society. In that way, the film offers an intriguing portrait of American life in the search for the authentic and alternative in the maelstrom of modern life. This film is a rich and multifaceted source for any college level class dealing with ritual theory or death and dying. I will use this in my teaching.' Dr. Liv Nilsson Stutz, Lecturer, Director of Undergraduate Studies, Department of Anthropology, Emory University, Co-editor, The Handbook for the Archaeology of Death and Burial
'The growing green burial movement is steadily gaining ground, but for many people, discussions about burials are still kind of 'out there', and not something that most of us bother to think about until we have to...A Will For The Woods might be a great introduction to not only eco-friendly burials, but also about beginning to talk frankly about death, and our connection with, and responsibility to, the natural world.' Derek Markham, Treehugger
'The potential for the end of life's circle to promote conservation and renewal is profound, in this ultimately life-affirming portrayal. Highly recommended.' The Midwest Book Review
'Although dying, Wang paradoxically blazes with verve, wit, and energy-literally dancing on his own (untreated wood) customized coffin...The film avoids heavy eco-preaching or extensive criticism of the mainstream funeral industry...This thought-provoking documentary on end-of-life issues is highly recommended.' C. Cassady, Video Librarian
'A tender, honest, and compelling portrait of dying on one's own terms. The film affords a touching and inspirational experience to sojourn with someone who lives fully, throughout the dying trajectory. The film captures a beautiful aesthetic, the lessons of which are as instructive for living as they are for dying.' Dr. Nate Hinerman, Lecturer of Theology and Religious Studies, University of San Francisco, Chair of the San Francisco Bay Area Network for End-of-Life Care
'This documentary has the potential to affect not just individual viewers but the American way of death.' Marianna Torgovnick, TED Blog, which named the film to its list of '9 documentaries that you need to see this year...which no documentary fan should miss'
'The success...suggests that the film has hit a cultural nerve.' Glenn McDonald, Discovery News
'A Will for the Woods uplifts and inspires as it documents the tragic end of Clark Wang...[R]elevant in a profound way to each and every one of us...[o]ne felt the joy of a new beginning as deeply as the sadness of an ending. There was ample space for laughter along with the tears.' Bill Chameides, Dean, Duke University's Nicholas School of the Environment, THEGREENGROK blog
'A powerful, personal testament to the 'green burial' movement...With humor, eloquence, anguish and reflection...the film not only ardently advocates for natural burial, it walks us through the mourning process for a beautiful life that was too brief.' Sylvia Pfeiffenberger, Indy Week
'An immersive...heartwarming tale of one man's passionate struggle to find both peace on earth and peace in earth.' Elias Savada, Film Threat
'A Beautiful Rumination on Life, Death and Burial Choice...Advocating without preachiness and emotional without exploitation, this film is a lovely piece of work.' Dan Schindel, Nonfics
'A truly moving experience, and a testimony to the difference that a single life can make in the lives of others.' Jen Chaney, The Dissolve
'Big-hearted and thought-provoking.' Chris Barsanti, Film Journal International
'Far more impactful emotionally than just an issue documentary...what we have here is, thankfully, something far more emotionally engrossing and ultimately intellectually rewarding. A gorgeous, haunting, and lushly crafted meditation on one man's coming to terms with death...another great documentary in a year that has become as chock full of resonant pieces of non-fiction cinema as we've seen in ages.' Joshua Brunsting, CriterionCast
'A unique and unflinching examination.' John Esther, Jesther Entertainment
'Will make you reconsider how you want to die.' Indiewire
'A documentary not to be missed...[a] gem of a movie.' Fran Sorin, Gardening Gone Wild
'I don't remember ever so highly recommending a documentary...a powerful testimonial for why you should seriously consider green burial.' Fran Sorin, author, Digging Deep
'A profound statement...a touching film and a very important one.' Nell Minow, BeliefNet
'Up-close-and-personal...a documentary that environmentally conscious men and women will want to see.' Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, Spirituality and Practice
Citation
Main credits
Browne, Amy (film director)
Browne, Amy (film producer)
Kaplan, Jeremy (film director)
Kaplan, Jeremy (cinematographer)
Hale, Tony (film director)
Hale, Tony (film editor)
Wilson, Brian (film director)
Wilson, Brian (film editor)
Wang, Clark (participant)
Ezzard, Jane (participant)
Other credits
Director of photography: Jeremy Kaplan; editors: Tony Hale, Brian Wilson; original score, T. Griffin.
Distributor subjects
American Studies; Anthropology; Conservation; Death And Dying; Environment; Environmental Ethics; Green Burial; Natural Resources; Philosophy; Religion; Sociology; Urban and Regional PlanningKeywords
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(WIND HOWLING)
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(MUSIC PLAYING)
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(ACCORDION MUSIC
PLAYING FAINTLY)
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- If you're joining
us for the first time,
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I'd like to introduce the
band, over on my far right.
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Featuring, on the
accordion, Dr. Clark Wang
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from up in Ann Arbor, Michigan!
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(APPLAUSE)
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(MUSIC PLAYING)
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(KNOCK)
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- Hello?
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- Hi.
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- Hi, Randy.
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- Can we come in?
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- Yes, please come in.
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Is it raining yet?
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Yes, it is.
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- It is.
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- Yeah, it's nice.
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- It's started.
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Good to see you, dude.
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- Good to see you, Randy.
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How are you?
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- I'm very good.
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- Good.
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- Yourself?
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You're looking good.
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- Thank you.
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Thank you.
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Wow.
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This is fantastic.
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- Oh, it's gorgeous.
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Oh, I love it.
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I love the quality of the
wood, the texture, the color.
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It's absolutely beautiful.
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- It's a damn nice
coffee table, too.
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Is this, uh, untreated wood?
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- It's untreated wood.
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We can actually see the
building that it came off of.
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We have an old building that
used to be a chicken coop.
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- It's beautiful.
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- Glad you say that.
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- It's got a lot of character.
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- Well...
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- I like the feeling.
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- ...let me get in.
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- OK, if you want.
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- Let's just make sure
we got a proper fitting.
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- Take a little off the sides...
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- Perfect!
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(SIGHS)
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- And I thought we'd line
it with a white sheet,
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you know, cotton sheet,
something like that.
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(SIGH)
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- I was thinking of
getting some organic sheet.
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I think Penny's sells
organic cotton sheets.
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- Uh-huh.
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- He wanted a neutral
kind of color.
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He didn't want me
to, like, go crazy.
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- Feels about perfect.
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- It does.
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It looks great.
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- Thank you.
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Thank you very much.
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- All you need's a pillow.
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- Yeah.
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I'm gonna need a book to read.
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I'm gonna be here
for quite a while.
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- Yeah.
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What book do you want
to get buried with?
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- My Harry Potter.
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- All of them?
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(LAUGHTER)
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- At the time we were doing
it there was a thought that it
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might be, you know, needed
in the more immediate future,
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and we're quite
glad that it isn't.
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- Brother, so am I.
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- You bet.
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- This is perfect.
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And I think it's just beautiful.
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- I'm so glad.
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- I really do.
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I think it's just beautiful.
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It's perfect.
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It's...
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it's the exact style that
I wanted to go out in.
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And you could...
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- It's tough.
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It's well-made.
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- I could do some dancing here.
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- (LAUGHING) Go!
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- Maybe a little restraint.
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(LAUGHTER)
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(MUSIC PLAYING)
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- You look like a
ballerina, honey.
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On Friday nights when
we would go dancing,
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the easy dances were
the green dances.
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Then I could dance that one.
(LAUGHS) Then if it was yellow,
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then it's a little harder,
and I don't even dance those.
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And the red ones, they came on
a little later in the evening.
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- Not recommended for
the faint of heart.
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- Right.
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Oh my god, forget about it.
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And Clark would just,
like, go to the red dances!
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Want me to carry that?
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- Yeah, could you?
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- Hi.
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- Hello.
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- You guys have a good day, OK?
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- Thanks, you too, Eddie.
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We'll see you tomorrow.
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- All right.
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- As we wash and
touch her, we remember
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to bring all our gratitude
through our hands,
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in the touching of her.
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I'm drawn to this
work because I feel
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that in the presence of
death, the meaning of life
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and the connection to other
people is so palpable,
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it's almost tangible.
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- I'm Clark.
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I'm a psychiatrist,
and I was practicing
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conventional medicine
and consuming
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a standard American diet until
I was diagnosed with lymphoma
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seven years ago.
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That led to an increased
awareness about the importance
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of the environment in general.
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And because of the nature
of this type of cancer,
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although I'm trying
to overcome it,
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the reality is that a burial
is a very likely outcome.
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I'd like to use
whatever time I have
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left to help set a pattern in
our community of going back
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to really traditional
and natural ways
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of handling our dead.
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- What is a green burial?
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- Green burial is one that does
not use any embalming fluids
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and doesn't use a vault.
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- So how is it different than...
oh, so not cremated, but...
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- Not cremated.
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Cremations are dirty,
too, so they're not green.
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- Because they use so
much fuel to actually burn
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the body for so many
hours at such a high heat.
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- Mmm-hmm.
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- So Clark found a cemetery in
Wake Forest that owns woods,
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that they were going to clear
the woods to make another lawn.
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But they decided
to keep the woods,
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and now it's their
green burial woods.
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- Oh, really?
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So they're...
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- And if you want to
get buried there...
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they've already sold nine plots.
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- We saved a tract of
forest by doing that.
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- So now that will
always stay forest.
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- "The Story" is a production
of North Carolina Public
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Radio, WUNC.
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- The practice of green
or natural burials
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seems to be catching on.
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People have figured
out that there's
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something of a contradiction
when they live a life recycling
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paper and composting
kitchen scraps,
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only to have their own
earthly remains pumped
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full of embalming fluid and
sealed in a stainless steel
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casket.
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Dr. Clark Wang is
fighting lymphoma,
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and he's chosen a green
burial for himself.
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- I've picked a place called
Pine Forest Memorial Gardens.
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When I first contacted Pine
Forest and talked to Dyanne,
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she said, "No,
we've been talking
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about that for a long time,
but we haven't actually
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opened a green
burial garden yet."
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Well, from that
conversation, Dyanne
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began to put together
a business plan
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and presented that to
the company owners.
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And they decided that
instead of cutting down
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the next tract of forest,
they would spare that forest
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and let that be their
first green garden.
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- I think there was something
that we weren't addressing,
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and Clark brought
it to my attention.
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And before I talked to
him, I didn't even...
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like most people, I didn't know
you could do that, you know?
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But the more I looked,
the more I found out.
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I went to Green
Burial Council classes
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and found out what you
do, and how it goes.
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- So what was it about our
conversation that got you
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into more specific action?
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- Because you were somebody
who was going to do it.
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You weren't just...
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- Yeah, I was going to
find a way to do it.
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- Right.
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- I was going to
find a way to do it.
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- And I thought...
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I didn't really
understand your situation,
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but I knew you were
having health issues.
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And I thought, if this is
one thing this guy wants,
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he should be able to have it.
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So you're going to
be able to have it.
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- What is it about that
place that appealed to you?
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What were you seeing?
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- Well for one thing,
a beautiful forest.
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And the other thing
I saw is that this
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is a far more spiritual
use of my body
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remains than to
have them be encased
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in some kind of pointless tomb.
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It preserves and protects
wooded greenland...
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- You're talking
about the influence
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that you'll have on the planet
for years after you die, right?
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- Hopefully forever.
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- ...this is a project, they
don't call them a cemetery,
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they call them "preserves."
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And the number that
have cropped up
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across the country and the
number under development
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is actually surprisingly big.
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So I said let's find out more
about this, I says to myself.
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Joe, you there?
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- I am here.
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Thanks for having
me on the show.
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- You want to get back to
dust as quickly as possible.
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That's the whole idea
of a green burial.
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- It is.
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You know, we look around us and
things are born, and they die,
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and they decay,
and they're reborn.
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You know, that's
the cycle of life.
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The last 100 years
in this country
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have been about impeding
the process of decay
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and regeneration.
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And green burial really
calls for a return to that.
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It really is "ashes to
ashes, dust to dust" burial.
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I think what people
really want to know, too,
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is that their last
act isn't contributing
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to the pollution of the planet,
and maybe in some way is
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helping to heal it.
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People love this idea
for all sorts of reasons.
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I think in one sense,
it's allowing people
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to befriend death in a way
that has not been possible
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for some time.
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- Well, listen, I
appreciate your time.
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Have a marvelous weekend.
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And stay green,
Joe Shuh-Shayhee.
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- Thanks.
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Thanks for having me.
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Take care.
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"Stay green, Joe Shuh-Shayhee."
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- So tell me a
little bit about how
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you guys started to think about
starting a green cemetery.
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- Um, is it, his
name Clark Wang,
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who was on the radio
maybe about a month ago?
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And that was the first
time I heard about just
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how actually disgusting the
whole practice normally is.
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And I was kind of shocked
to see there was not
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a single site in Vermont.
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- Let's see.
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I'm going to show you,
these are a couple pictures
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of natural burial grounds.
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Ramsey Creek is the first
conservation cemetery
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in the US.
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- When we opened
Ramsey Creek in 1998,
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there was nobody else
doing this in the country.
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- The best examples of
tallgrass prairie left in places
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like Ohio are old cemeteries.
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And so that was part
of the inspiration.
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If by accident, a cemetery can
save significant biodiversity
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elements, why couldn't
you do it by design?
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Why not?
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We've always said we want a
million acres saved this way.
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You look at a $20
billion-a-year industry.
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This could be a very important
tool in protecting land.
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- I think that people are going
to be more connected to land
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and the cause of
land conservation
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through burial and ritual.
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It's not a burial plot that
is really their memorial,
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but this larger landscape being
protected is their memorial.
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86% of plus-50
Americans did not know
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they could have a green burial,
what we're talking about today.
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Let's remember
that, you know, this
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is the way the vast majority
of humanity throughout time
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has cared for its dead.
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(CHATTER)
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This is just... this
is... it's really odd.
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But just... here.
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- We fly a symbolic portion
of cremated human remains
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into space...
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- What is it that consumers
are really looking
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for in the marketplace today?
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We mentioned personalization
as being important.
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- DNA2Diamonds, we can
use personal carbon
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from an individual's
hair or cremated remains.
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(HYMN PLAYING)
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- So this is the Green Pavilion.
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You can tell by the
green carpeting.
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This is the first time that
we've actually had a booth,
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so we're part of the group.
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- We are very privileged to have
Joe here of the Green Burial
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Council.
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This is a great opportunity
to go green and get greener.
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Look at the numbers here
for the steel caskets,
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for the copper and the
bronze, the vaults, all
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of this concrete,
all of these things
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that we're putting
down in the ground.
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And I think you all
would agree those
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are staggering
numbers, when you stop
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and you look at them
like this as a whole.
00:16:58.632 --> 00:17:01.050
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- The information that
Green Council has presented,
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you know, talks about that
"all of this is heavily
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resource-intensive, and the
statistics below represent
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the annual impact of
conventional burial."
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They're knocking
conventional burial.
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- It's almost like there
is a judgment there,
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biased against people
who choose conventional.
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- I've educated two children
and made my life selling vaults,
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and they're not bad things.
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They're... they're
pretty doggone good.
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I...
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I think green burial is great.
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I really do.
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I...
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I...
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I think it's...
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I'm...
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I'm your friend,
really and truly.
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But I think working
together, we can't
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look like we've done it
wrong all these years.
00:17:40.126 --> 00:17:44.140
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- So there's really two kinds
of funeral service going on
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in America.
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There are people who will
defend embalming at all costs,
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and can't imagine how you could
have a funeral without it.
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And then you have
the other folks,
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who are willing to do
whatever it takes for a family
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to honor their dead, heal their
living, invite in their divine.
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- Well, back to the day...
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the days of the viewing,
and after we wash his body,
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I think I'm going to just
take my time with that
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and spend as much time as
I feel like doing washing,
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and anointing with the oils.
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- Yeah.
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- And then...
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- Then we're going to
put the casket over here,
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in the front...
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- And then, and then...
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- ...on some sawhorses.
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- And maybe I'll use the
blow-up mattress that you have
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for camping, and I'll put it
right next to you so I can
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sleep with you every night and
hang out with you all the time.
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Because I really think
I'm going to need that,
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and I really think
that's going to help.
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- You can do that, but you can
always just open up the futon,
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you know.
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- Eh.
00:18:54.450 --> 00:18:55.350
- Whatever you like.
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- Eh, whatever.
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- Yeah, I'm not
gonna say nothing.
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- Yeah, and I assume
people are going
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to be coming over, bugging me.
00:19:03.454 --> 00:19:04.870
- Yeah, I'll tell
them to do that.
00:19:04.870 --> 00:19:06.350
- Yeah, he does that.
00:19:06.350 --> 00:19:09.340
And I just probably want to just
stay under the covers and...
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- She does that.
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- (LAUGHS) And people are
gonna be coming over, trying
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to, you know, be
supportive of me,
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and bringing food and stuff.
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I picture it as being
really, really beautiful
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for those few days.
00:19:23.761 --> 00:19:34.957
00:19:34.957 --> 00:19:36.790
- This is called the
Reflective Walk, or...?
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- This is the Path
of Reflection.
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- The Path of Reflection.
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- I'm having a sign
made for it, and I'm
00:19:39.950 --> 00:19:42.520
having a sign put up in my
office like you suggested I do.
00:19:42.520 --> 00:19:43.020
- Good!
00:19:43.020 --> 00:19:43.630
- So, and...
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- Good, I'm proud of you!
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00:19:48.770 --> 00:19:52.577
It's comforting to know
that I'm going to be
00:19:52.577 --> 00:19:53.660
in such a beautiful place.
00:19:53.660 --> 00:19:54.159
- Yeah.
00:19:54.159 --> 00:19:58.510
00:19:58.510 --> 00:20:01.900
Now our spot, you did 12,
but I can't remember...
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- A and B. Alpha and Bravo.
00:20:03.780 --> 00:20:04.400
- OK.
00:20:04.400 --> 00:20:05.300
So that's...
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- We're going to be over here.
00:20:06.550 --> 00:20:08.268
- Here and here.
00:20:08.268 --> 00:20:10.204
- This is our spot.
00:20:10.204 --> 00:20:13.108
00:20:13.108 --> 00:20:15.140
- The total cemetery
is 31 acres,
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and we have about
14 or 15 developed.
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All the rest is woods, so...
00:20:20.220 --> 00:20:23.420
- I hope it stays woods.
00:20:23.420 --> 00:20:23.920
- Yeah.
00:20:23.920 --> 00:20:26.284
It'd be nice if this concept
really just takes off,
00:20:26.284 --> 00:20:28.700
and everybody wants to come
here and protect the woodland.
00:20:28.700 --> 00:20:30.250
- Well, it's up to people.
00:20:30.250 --> 00:20:32.700
If the people come,
then it'll stay.
00:20:32.700 --> 00:20:34.366
If they don't, then
you're going to have
00:20:34.366 --> 00:20:35.970
a nice section of
woods over here
00:20:35.970 --> 00:20:38.956
and the rest will be
developed around it.
00:20:38.956 --> 00:20:41.450
- I think for me and
Clark, when we first
00:20:41.450 --> 00:20:44.220
came into this we were
thinking more of the earth.
00:20:44.220 --> 00:20:46.950
And the further I
get into it, I'm
00:20:46.950 --> 00:20:48.745
seeing how it makes me feel.
00:20:48.745 --> 00:20:50.120
- That's the most
beautiful thing
00:20:50.120 --> 00:20:53.210
about it is no matter what
direction you come from,
00:20:53.210 --> 00:20:56.360
you still realize that it's
a very spiritually meaningful
00:20:56.360 --> 00:20:56.920
act.
00:20:56.920 --> 00:20:58.800
- And it's part of
the circle of life.
00:20:58.800 --> 00:21:02.310
- Yeah, how can you be
so fully spiritual if you
00:21:02.310 --> 00:21:03.730
don't care about the planet?
00:21:03.730 --> 00:21:06.570
00:21:06.570 --> 00:21:08.290
- Because I think
a lot of people
00:21:08.290 --> 00:21:12.430
just take for granted what
they've been told you do.
00:21:12.430 --> 00:21:14.500
And they don't question it.
00:21:14.500 --> 00:21:17.880
And I think if you
think about it,
00:21:17.880 --> 00:21:21.450
or experience it by going to
someone else's service that
00:21:21.450 --> 00:21:24.290
does it, all of a sudden
you get the connection.
00:21:24.290 --> 00:21:25.130
- Yeah.
00:21:25.130 --> 00:21:27.825
That's why I wanted as many of
my friends to come as possible
00:21:27.825 --> 00:21:28.670
and witness that.
00:21:28.670 --> 00:21:31.658
00:21:31.658 --> 00:21:35.144
(PIANO MUSIC PLAYING)
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00:22:46.700 --> 00:22:51.520
It's helpful for me to know
that my home funeral and natural
00:22:51.520 --> 00:22:55.440
burial is being used
for a purpose...
00:22:55.440 --> 00:22:58.970
to further educate people.
00:22:58.970 --> 00:22:59.830
- Yeah.
00:22:59.830 --> 00:23:01.410
- Because without this...
00:23:01.410 --> 00:23:04.930
00:23:04.930 --> 00:23:05.770
...without this...
00:23:05.770 --> 00:23:13.020
00:23:13.020 --> 00:23:16.970
...dying from lymphoma feels
so empty and meaningless
00:23:16.970 --> 00:23:19.920
and pointless.
00:23:19.920 --> 00:23:25.215
It's just another of
countless cancer deaths,
00:23:25.215 --> 00:23:29.332
of the increasing number of
cancer deaths in our country
00:23:29.332 --> 00:23:30.040
and in the world.
00:23:30.040 --> 00:23:40.240
00:23:40.240 --> 00:23:41.050
- All right.
00:23:41.050 --> 00:23:45.764
Any recent nausea, vomiting,
constipation, diarrhea?
00:23:45.764 --> 00:23:46.700
- No.
00:23:46.700 --> 00:23:47.330
- No?
00:23:47.330 --> 00:23:49.556
Any shortness of
breath, night sweats?
00:23:49.556 --> 00:23:50.864
Doing good?
00:23:50.864 --> 00:23:52.300
- Doing good.
00:23:52.300 --> 00:23:54.300
What could be better?
00:23:54.300 --> 00:23:55.300
(LAUGHS)
00:23:55.300 --> 00:23:56.660
- All right.
00:23:56.660 --> 00:23:58.400
She will be right over.
00:23:58.400 --> 00:23:59.622
(HUMMING)
00:23:59.622 --> 00:24:00.830
- So get your computer ready.
00:24:00.830 --> 00:24:04.035
Get that article, that
email from Mark Furth...
00:24:04.035 --> 00:24:04.535
- OK.
00:24:04.535 --> 00:24:07.385
- Just in case she hasn't
seen it, get it ready.
00:24:07.385 --> 00:24:08.820
00:24:08.820 --> 00:24:10.060
- How are you doing?
00:24:10.060 --> 00:24:11.620
- Doing terrific.
00:24:11.620 --> 00:24:14.400
- I know that you've had
some swelling in your arms,
00:24:14.400 --> 00:24:16.150
and started radiation for that.
00:24:16.150 --> 00:24:18.339
- That's right, and I'm on...
00:24:18.339 --> 00:24:19.630
finished day three out of five.
00:24:19.630 --> 00:24:20.665
- Oh, so you're...
00:24:20.665 --> 00:24:24.592
- And the one up here is
new, and it grew a lot.
00:24:24.592 --> 00:24:25.800
You'll be surprised how fast.
00:24:25.800 --> 00:24:27.591
And then, you know,
he's had so much chemo,
00:24:27.591 --> 00:24:29.890
but the tumor in his
groin is growing back.
00:24:29.890 --> 00:24:31.516
- So things are changing.
00:24:31.516 --> 00:24:32.890
You've kind of
gone through a lot
00:24:32.890 --> 00:24:36.240
of the typical kind of poison
chemotherapies or whatever.
00:24:36.240 --> 00:24:39.912
And those did a little
bit, but haven't really
00:24:39.912 --> 00:24:41.120
done what we need them to do.
00:24:41.120 --> 00:24:43.420
So I'm not sure coming up
with another kind of regiment
00:24:43.420 --> 00:24:46.810
like that's going to get
you what you need, either.
00:24:46.810 --> 00:24:48.008
- Right.
00:24:48.008 --> 00:24:53.550
- Um, which leaves what options
for me, in your opinion?
00:24:53.550 --> 00:24:54.490
The most...
00:24:54.490 --> 00:24:56.850
what would you say are your
top three options for me
00:24:56.850 --> 00:24:57.730
at this point?
00:24:57.730 --> 00:24:59.730
- I think the top
three options are
00:24:59.730 --> 00:25:02.180
a clinical trial of some sort.
00:25:02.180 --> 00:25:04.863
I would say that there's
probably not a right choice.
00:25:04.863 --> 00:25:07.238
I mean if I thought there was
a right choice I would tell
00:25:07.238 --> 00:25:07.738
you...
00:25:07.738 --> 00:25:08.238
00:25:08.238 --> 00:25:11.380
- You know, I think
when we first met you,
00:25:11.380 --> 00:25:15.104
you said to Clark,
"You're in trouble."
00:25:15.104 --> 00:25:15.910
00:25:15.910 --> 00:25:16.410
- Well...
00:25:16.410 --> 00:25:18.740
- She agreed when I asked her,
so it wasn't your language.
00:25:18.740 --> 00:25:19.230
It was mine.
00:25:19.230 --> 00:25:20.563
But go ahead with your question.
00:25:20.563 --> 00:25:24.590
- My question is, how long does
he have as nothing is working?
00:25:24.590 --> 00:25:25.920
- So it's very hard to predict.
00:25:25.920 --> 00:25:26.500
I certainly think...
00:25:26.500 --> 00:25:28.720
I mean, I think we'd probably
be talking about months.
00:25:28.720 --> 00:25:30.400
I mean, I don't think we're
talking about days or weeks.
00:25:30.400 --> 00:25:31.900
I think we have
more time than that.
00:25:31.900 --> 00:25:32.732
- Months?
00:25:32.732 --> 00:25:38.430
- Can you suggest like how
many months we're looking at?
00:25:38.430 --> 00:25:40.890
If I wanted to, like,
really get some things done,
00:25:40.890 --> 00:25:43.930
or really have some
experiences before I die...
00:25:43.930 --> 00:25:45.130
do you know what I mean?
00:25:45.130 --> 00:25:46.830
- What kind of things
do you want to get done?
00:25:46.830 --> 00:25:48.829
I want to go to Ann Arbor
and see my mom and dad
00:25:48.829 --> 00:25:50.580
and say goodbye,
things like that.
00:25:50.580 --> 00:25:52.902
Maybe go up to Maine and
have a lobster dinner,
00:25:52.902 --> 00:25:54.750
that kind of thing.
00:25:54.750 --> 00:25:57.650
- So I would say, this
is what I'd say...
00:25:57.650 --> 00:25:59.830
I don't know, and I
don't know if you're
00:25:59.830 --> 00:26:02.310
going to start feeling worse,
having pain in other places,
00:26:02.310 --> 00:26:04.680
such as what's
happened with your arm.
00:26:04.680 --> 00:26:07.850
So I would say, regardless,
I would go do those things.
00:26:07.850 --> 00:26:11.322
00:26:11.322 --> 00:26:12.314
- Ah, shit.
00:26:12.314 --> 00:26:15.411
00:26:15.411 --> 00:26:17.910
Should the... would that make
this the best time to go right
00:26:17.910 --> 00:26:19.140
to transplant?
00:26:19.140 --> 00:26:21.490
In most instances, for
an auto transplant,
00:26:21.490 --> 00:26:23.460
going when there's
still some disease --
00:26:23.460 --> 00:26:27.708
even if it's a small amount --
the outcomes aren't very good.
00:26:27.708 --> 00:26:28.702
- I see.
00:26:28.702 --> 00:26:33.180
00:26:33.180 --> 00:26:34.210
- Thanks very much.
00:26:34.210 --> 00:26:34.960
- Take care.
00:26:34.960 --> 00:26:36.344
- It was good to have you here.
00:26:36.344 --> 00:26:37.260
- All right.
00:26:37.260 --> 00:26:38.901
Let me know if I
can help some more.
00:26:38.901 --> 00:26:39.400
- Thanks.
00:26:39.400 --> 00:26:40.020
- You're welcome.
00:26:40.020 --> 00:26:40.280
- We will.
00:26:40.280 --> 00:26:40.870
- I know.
00:26:40.870 --> 00:26:43.355
00:26:43.355 --> 00:26:45.343
(SIGHS)
00:26:45.343 --> 00:27:22.121
00:27:22.121 --> 00:27:25.600
(MUSIC PLAYING)
00:27:25.600 --> 00:27:44.486
00:27:44.486 --> 00:27:45.977
- Which one is that?
00:27:45.977 --> 00:27:56.430
00:27:56.430 --> 00:27:59.100
- That's the house
that he grew up in.
00:27:59.100 --> 00:28:00.815
We had a house
with a rock garden,
00:28:00.815 --> 00:28:03.320
and that's in front
of the rock garden.
00:28:03.320 --> 00:28:06.300
And he's on the right hand side.
00:28:06.300 --> 00:28:10.635
He really loved our dog, and he
loved the rabbits that we had.
00:28:10.635 --> 00:28:13.760
He loved to play with them.
00:28:13.760 --> 00:28:14.510
OK.
00:28:14.510 --> 00:28:16.591
You want to explain that?
00:28:16.591 --> 00:28:18.340
- What do you want me
to explain about it?
00:28:18.340 --> 00:28:20.592
- Just to say that
there's a rock garden
00:28:20.592 --> 00:28:21.550
or something like that.
00:28:21.550 --> 00:28:22.476
I don't know.
00:28:22.476 --> 00:28:23.930
Or I can keep saying it.
00:28:23.930 --> 00:28:27.388
00:28:27.388 --> 00:28:31.834
We're very upset about it,
but there's nothing we can do.
00:28:31.834 --> 00:28:34.006
Just him talking
about the funeral
00:28:34.006 --> 00:28:37.910
bothers me, because I don't
even want to imagine, you know,
00:28:37.910 --> 00:28:43.388
the funeral or for him to be
dead or something like that.
00:28:43.388 --> 00:28:45.380
That's...
00:28:45.380 --> 00:28:47.372
...going to be hard.
00:28:47.372 --> 00:28:56.834
00:28:56.834 --> 00:29:00.320
(PIANO MUSIC PLAYING)
00:29:00.320 --> 00:29:29.702
00:29:29.702 --> 00:29:33.686
(MUSIC PLAYING)
00:29:33.686 --> 00:29:47.882
00:29:47.882 --> 00:29:49.340
- John, I'm so
honored to meet you.
00:29:49.340 --> 00:29:50.500
- Well, likewise.
00:29:50.500 --> 00:29:52.460
- You're a real champion.
00:29:52.460 --> 00:29:54.620
- Well, you are too.
00:29:54.620 --> 00:29:56.100
Even more so, recently.
00:29:56.100 --> 00:29:57.240
- I don't think so really.
00:29:57.240 --> 00:30:02.386
I mean, I do so little compared
to everybody else, you know.
00:30:02.386 --> 00:30:04.870
- Well, I was just talking
to Mark Harris about you,
00:30:04.870 --> 00:30:05.920
you know, who wrote,
Grave Matters?
00:30:05.920 --> 00:30:07.336
He said, "You heard
of Clark Wang?
00:30:07.336 --> 00:30:09.343
That guy's great."
00:30:09.343 --> 00:30:10.321
00:30:10.321 --> 00:30:13.240
- So these are the within
the last 10 days right here.
00:30:13.240 --> 00:30:14.650
00:30:14.650 --> 00:30:17.360
- So the proper depth is
four feet for being buried?
00:30:17.360 --> 00:30:19.882
- Well, four feet, and you
can see that there's a...
00:30:19.882 --> 00:30:21.090
the mound is very persistent.
00:30:21.090 --> 00:30:22.540
- Can you back up, please?
00:30:22.540 --> 00:30:24.288
Can I see that
headstone, please?
00:30:24.288 --> 00:30:26.969
00:30:26.969 --> 00:30:27.510
- Now this...
00:30:27.510 --> 00:30:28.094
- That's nice.
00:30:28.094 --> 00:30:29.635
I want to know if
I can get something
00:30:29.635 --> 00:30:30.690
like that at Pine Forest.
00:30:30.690 --> 00:30:31.720
- I bet you could.
00:30:31.720 --> 00:30:33.761
- Now were these plants
intentional commemorative
00:30:33.761 --> 00:30:35.650
plants, or are these
just natural overgrowth?
00:30:35.650 --> 00:30:37.300
- No, these are intentional.
00:30:37.300 --> 00:30:39.050
- I'm trying to pick
a commemorative plant
00:30:39.050 --> 00:30:41.780
for my site, and unfortunately
I made a stupid remark
00:30:41.780 --> 00:30:44.280
about honeysuckle, because
it smells sweet and pretty.
00:30:44.280 --> 00:30:47.300
I got a lot of feedback about
how that wasn't native, and...
00:30:47.300 --> 00:30:49.270
- Actually, there is
a native honeysuckle.
00:30:49.270 --> 00:30:51.940
- It's not as sweet
as a Japanese, is it?
00:30:51.940 --> 00:30:54.080
Most people don't think
of me as very sweet now,
00:30:54.080 --> 00:30:56.480
but maybe later this
might change their mind.
00:30:56.480 --> 00:31:05.390
00:31:05.390 --> 00:31:06.380
- Hey!
00:31:06.380 --> 00:31:07.692
How are you doing, baby?
00:31:07.692 --> 00:31:08.400
- I'm doing good.
00:31:08.400 --> 00:31:09.858
I'm so happy you
made it down here.
00:31:09.858 --> 00:31:12.292
- I'm so happy you
made it down here.
00:31:12.292 --> 00:31:13.250
I'm so glad to see you.
00:31:13.250 --> 00:31:14.570
- You look beautiful.
00:31:14.570 --> 00:31:15.540
- Oh, stop.
00:31:15.540 --> 00:31:17.190
You look great.
00:31:17.190 --> 00:31:18.420
You look healthy.
00:31:18.420 --> 00:31:20.140
- I do, I do.
00:31:20.140 --> 00:31:20.640
- Yeah.
00:31:20.640 --> 00:31:22.265
- So you're flying
to Seattle tomorrow?
00:31:22.265 --> 00:31:22.832
- Yeah.
00:31:22.832 --> 00:31:23.800
Yes, ma'am.
00:31:23.800 --> 00:31:25.140
- So how...
00:31:25.140 --> 00:31:26.350
- You have family in Seattle?
00:31:26.350 --> 00:31:27.970
- I'm going for treatment.
00:31:27.970 --> 00:31:31.800
I'm doing the tandem
AUTO/ALLO transplants
00:31:31.800 --> 00:31:34.050
at the Fred Hutchinson
Cancer Research Center
00:31:34.050 --> 00:31:35.740
for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
00:31:35.740 --> 00:31:36.660
- How's Jane feeling?
00:31:36.660 --> 00:31:38.243
- She's still kind
of got the grunges.
00:31:38.243 --> 00:31:39.377
She's got a cold.
00:31:39.377 --> 00:31:41.960
And that's why she's not here.
00:31:41.960 --> 00:31:43.670
- Is she going to
be able to come out?
00:31:43.670 --> 00:31:44.757
- At some point, yeah.
00:31:44.757 --> 00:31:45.340
At some point.
00:31:45.340 --> 00:31:47.060
We just don't know when yet.
00:31:47.060 --> 00:31:49.020
- OK...
00:31:49.020 --> 00:31:52.450
(PIANO PLAYING)
00:31:52.450 --> 00:32:02.740
00:32:02.740 --> 00:32:03.940
- Are you still practicing?
00:32:03.940 --> 00:32:04.990
- No.
00:32:04.990 --> 00:32:07.060
- When did you stop practicing?
00:32:07.060 --> 00:32:09.430
- I stopped in 2003.
00:32:09.430 --> 00:32:10.422
- Is that when you...?
00:32:10.422 --> 00:32:11.850
- That's the year
I was diagnosed.
00:32:11.850 --> 00:32:12.810
- Was diagnosed?
00:32:12.810 --> 00:32:14.910
OK.
00:32:14.910 --> 00:32:17.280
So how have you
been keeping sane?
00:32:17.280 --> 00:32:20.550
Because you seem incredibly
sane and together.
00:32:20.550 --> 00:32:26.860
- I've found that, for
me, that having really
00:32:26.860 --> 00:32:29.590
explored and
exhausted the options
00:32:29.590 --> 00:32:33.310
available at my own resources,
that the only thing left to do
00:32:33.310 --> 00:32:37.020
was to turn this over
to God, and accept
00:32:37.020 --> 00:32:40.230
that I am completely
powerless over what's
00:32:40.230 --> 00:32:41.914
going to happen to me.
00:32:41.914 --> 00:32:46.640
And there's nothing more
I can do about this.
00:32:46.640 --> 00:32:52.987
And I have to turn my will and
my life over to the care of God
00:32:52.987 --> 00:32:54.660
at this point.
00:32:54.660 --> 00:32:58.600
- I mean, we all need
to think about that.
00:32:58.600 --> 00:33:01.805
- Well, is He doing a good job?
00:33:01.805 --> 00:33:03.815
Is it...
00:33:03.815 --> 00:33:07.430
- I am trusting that
He is doing a good job,
00:33:07.430 --> 00:33:09.795
and a better job than I
can on my own resources.
00:33:09.795 --> 00:33:15.160
00:33:15.160 --> 00:33:18.715
- If something does happen
to you, I would really...
00:33:18.715 --> 00:33:21.191
00:33:21.191 --> 00:33:23.690
I don't know how many people
are going to be at your service
00:33:23.690 --> 00:33:25.290
or who you want there.
00:33:25.290 --> 00:33:27.965
- We're expecting at least five.
00:33:27.965 --> 00:33:29.090
(LAUGHTER)
00:33:29.090 --> 00:33:30.836
I hired four in advance.
00:33:30.836 --> 00:33:33.030
00:33:33.030 --> 00:33:36.120
- If the other
alternative happens,
00:33:36.120 --> 00:33:39.480
I would consider it a
great privilege to be...
00:33:39.480 --> 00:33:41.830
to help return you to the Earth.
00:33:41.830 --> 00:33:43.515
- Then come be
with me and Dyanne.
00:33:43.515 --> 00:33:45.722
Absolutely.
00:33:45.722 --> 00:33:47.930
I'm trusting Dyanne to take
care of me at that point.
00:33:47.930 --> 00:33:49.013
- Oh, I know she'll do it.
00:33:49.013 --> 00:33:51.090
I know she'll do a great
job, but you know...
00:33:51.090 --> 00:33:52.915
- I think I won't be
working there anymore
00:33:52.915 --> 00:33:53.915
by the time you need me.
00:33:53.915 --> 00:33:55.800
- Yeah, there you go.
00:33:55.800 --> 00:34:01.190
- And tonight, I think that what
we're here to do is to honor
00:34:01.190 --> 00:34:03.640
a hero in our midst...
00:34:03.640 --> 00:34:06.710
someone who has taken
an incredible leadership
00:34:06.710 --> 00:34:10.560
role in our community
in The Triangle, someone
00:34:10.560 --> 00:34:15.400
who has, of her own
initiative, put together
00:34:15.400 --> 00:34:19.130
a plan that allowed
for attractive forest
00:34:19.130 --> 00:34:21.370
to be spared being clear cut.
00:34:21.370 --> 00:34:23.889
I am very grateful to you for
the work that you have done,
00:34:23.889 --> 00:34:26.109
and you have my
deepest admiration,
00:34:26.109 --> 00:34:30.020
and I love you so much, Dyanne.
00:34:30.020 --> 00:34:32.646
Thank you so much for what
you've done for our community.
00:34:32.646 --> 00:34:34.520
- I was wondering who
you were talking about.
00:34:34.520 --> 00:34:37.170
00:34:37.170 --> 00:34:38.930
- On behalf of the
Green Burial Council,
00:34:38.930 --> 00:34:43.270
we'd like to honor you with
the first annual Campbell
00:34:43.270 --> 00:34:44.804
Leadership Award.
00:34:44.804 --> 00:34:47.070
- Like I've told you before,
you set me on a journey
00:34:47.070 --> 00:34:49.280
that I didn't know existed.
00:34:49.280 --> 00:34:54.719
And when I met
you, it bothered me
00:34:54.719 --> 00:34:59.630
so much that you
were someone who
00:34:59.630 --> 00:35:01.900
had lost control over
certain things that
00:35:01.900 --> 00:35:03.010
were happening to you.
00:35:03.010 --> 00:35:06.480
You couldn't control that,
and you couldn't even
00:35:06.480 --> 00:35:08.640
control where you
were going to go.
00:35:08.640 --> 00:35:10.560
And that just
bothered me so much.
00:35:10.560 --> 00:35:15.256
You should have the right
to do what you wanted to do.
00:35:15.256 --> 00:35:18.870
- Having this evening -- just
to be here and still feeling,
00:35:18.870 --> 00:35:21.750
looking, and talking more or
less like I normally do --
00:35:21.750 --> 00:35:26.820
it's literally my last act
before going into this long
00:35:26.820 --> 00:35:32.090
dark tunnel, hopefully to emerge
in the end of seven months,
00:35:32.090 --> 00:35:34.590
yet to be seen and
known only by God.
00:35:34.590 --> 00:35:40.390
But this night has that
much meaning to me.
00:35:40.390 --> 00:35:42.620
And I'm very deeply
grateful, very
00:35:42.620 --> 00:35:46.568
greatly moved at being
here this evening.
00:35:46.568 --> 00:36:00.540
00:36:00.540 --> 00:36:04.033
(PLAYING PIANO)
00:36:04.033 --> 00:36:22.995
00:36:22.995 --> 00:36:25.490
- You travel safely.
00:36:25.490 --> 00:36:27.486
- Ecstatic to have met you.
00:36:27.486 --> 00:36:28.484
- Same here.
00:36:28.484 --> 00:36:30.274
- Really.
00:36:30.274 --> 00:36:31.190
All right, camera boy.
00:36:31.190 --> 00:36:38.510
00:36:38.510 --> 00:36:40.510
I will see you guys on
the other side, brothers.
00:36:40.510 --> 00:36:43.438
00:36:43.438 --> 00:36:45.390
On the other side of transplant.
00:36:45.390 --> 00:36:58.078
00:36:58.078 --> 00:36:59.080
- Next message.
00:36:59.080 --> 00:37:01.451
00:37:01.451 --> 00:37:01.950
- Hey.
00:37:01.950 --> 00:37:05.380
I just thought I'd try again
before I get my Benadryl.
00:37:05.380 --> 00:37:08.050
I'd like to hear
about what you got out
00:37:08.050 --> 00:37:09.192
of the women's empowerment.
00:37:09.192 --> 00:37:11.850
I hope it was wonderful.
00:37:11.850 --> 00:37:14.833
I love you, honey.
00:37:14.833 --> 00:37:17.198
I'm thinking about
you all the time.
00:37:17.198 --> 00:38:48.940
00:38:48.940 --> 00:38:50.922
- I told him that
you named the path
00:38:50.922 --> 00:38:52.725
The Path of Clark's Reflection.
00:38:52.725 --> 00:38:57.430
00:38:57.430 --> 00:38:58.690
I wish you were here too.
00:38:58.690 --> 00:39:03.600
00:39:03.600 --> 00:39:04.200
I will.
00:39:04.200 --> 00:39:04.700
Bye bye.
00:39:04.700 --> 00:39:07.760
00:39:07.760 --> 00:39:08.500
Love you too.
00:39:08.500 --> 00:39:20.790
00:39:20.790 --> 00:39:22.972
Sing.
00:39:22.972 --> 00:39:26.700
Sing like you did last night.
00:39:26.700 --> 00:39:30.165
(HUMMING)
00:39:30.165 --> 00:40:07.760
00:40:07.760 --> 00:40:08.260
Hi, Randy.
00:40:08.260 --> 00:40:08.865
It's Jane.
00:40:08.865 --> 00:40:11.570
00:40:11.570 --> 00:40:17.349
Clark is probably going
to die tomorrow, and so...
00:40:17.349 --> 00:40:19.265
I don't know if you have
a key to the house...
00:40:19.265 --> 00:41:26.660
00:41:26.660 --> 00:41:28.540
Everybody goes
through this, though.
00:41:28.540 --> 00:41:30.350
The whole world
goes through this.
00:41:30.350 --> 00:41:57.465
00:41:57.465 --> 00:41:58.451
- All right.
00:41:58.451 --> 00:41:59.930
Let's get you home, girl.
00:41:59.930 --> 00:42:05.800
00:42:05.800 --> 00:42:08.570
- If you don't get embalmed in
the state of North Carolina,
00:42:08.570 --> 00:42:10.680
you have to be buried
by the fourth day.
00:42:10.680 --> 00:42:11.830
- I don't know that law.
00:42:11.830 --> 00:42:12.330
- Oh, OK.
00:42:12.330 --> 00:42:12.830
Good.
00:42:12.830 --> 00:42:14.921
Then maybe we'll do it Sunday.
00:42:14.921 --> 00:42:17.280
What are they going
to do... arrest me?
00:42:17.280 --> 00:42:18.720
- And me?
00:42:18.720 --> 00:42:22.090
Well, we'll have
matching uniforms.
00:42:22.090 --> 00:42:24.402
- I don't look good
in orange or yellow.
00:42:24.402 --> 00:42:25.180
- All right.
00:42:25.180 --> 00:42:26.353
Then let's not screw up.
00:42:26.353 --> 00:42:42.129
00:42:42.129 --> 00:42:43.115
- Thank you.
00:42:43.115 --> 00:43:04.780
00:43:04.780 --> 00:43:07.126
(CRYING)
00:43:07.126 --> 00:43:08.078
00:43:08.078 --> 00:43:10.460
Thank you.
00:43:10.460 --> 00:43:11.280
- Oh.
00:43:11.280 --> 00:43:14.390
I'm so sorry.
00:43:14.390 --> 00:43:15.690
- I wish he were here.
00:43:15.690 --> 00:43:19.155
00:43:19.155 --> 00:43:22.620
(PHONE RINGS)
00:43:22.620 --> 00:44:08.464
00:44:08.464 --> 00:44:10.130
- Before we open, are
you guys all aware
00:44:10.130 --> 00:44:11.754
that there is a
possibility that he may
00:44:11.754 --> 00:44:16.310
be too bad to publicly view?
00:44:16.310 --> 00:44:16.810
Yes.
00:44:16.810 --> 00:44:19.650
That has crossed my mind, and
Dyanne and I talked about that.
00:44:19.650 --> 00:44:20.490
- But two days...
00:44:20.490 --> 00:44:21.948
I've dealt with a
lot for two days.
00:44:21.948 --> 00:44:23.201
Two days is not a long time.
00:44:23.201 --> 00:44:25.325
- All we're going to be
able to do is open and see.
00:44:25.325 --> 00:44:27.492
- Yeah, let's just go find out.
00:44:27.492 --> 00:44:28.448
- All right.
00:44:28.448 --> 00:44:30.360
Jane's going to
stay in the kitchen
00:44:30.360 --> 00:44:32.272
until we know what
we're dealing with.
00:44:32.272 --> 00:44:34.184
- Oh, he looks beautiful.
00:44:34.184 --> 00:44:34.990
- OK, girl.
00:44:34.990 --> 00:44:36.820
- Yeah, he's fine.
00:44:36.820 --> 00:44:38.170
- You can come.
00:44:38.170 --> 00:44:40.824
- Oh, he's so cold.
00:44:40.824 --> 00:44:43.310
- Well, that's how he's here.
00:44:43.310 --> 00:44:46.210
- Oh, I'm so glad
you're home, honey.
00:44:46.210 --> 00:44:48.070
I'm so glad you're home.
00:44:48.070 --> 00:44:55.532
00:44:55.532 --> 00:44:58.410
- Hold this.
00:44:58.410 --> 00:44:58.910
OK.
00:44:58.910 --> 00:45:00.771
So this needs to be thrown out.
00:45:00.771 --> 00:45:01.270
- OK.
00:45:01.270 --> 00:45:04.460
00:45:04.460 --> 00:45:06.450
- What about these hospital...
00:45:06.450 --> 00:45:07.320
- Yeah, toss them.
00:45:07.320 --> 00:45:08.650
- Just toss them.
00:45:08.650 --> 00:45:13.350
00:45:13.350 --> 00:45:17.005
- You think we could just
stop for a minute and just...
00:45:17.005 --> 00:45:18.960
- Certainly.
00:45:18.960 --> 00:45:23.840
- ..and ask, you know,
for his understanding
00:45:23.840 --> 00:45:30.078
for our awkwardness, and that
through our hands our love can
00:45:30.078 --> 00:45:32.018
touch him.
00:45:32.018 --> 00:45:32.518
- Amen.
00:45:32.518 --> 00:45:43.742
00:45:43.742 --> 00:45:47.420
- I'm glad his
suffering has ended.
00:45:47.420 --> 00:45:48.390
- Hear, hear.
00:45:48.390 --> 00:45:56.150
00:45:56.150 --> 00:45:59.900
- And what his hands
can't do, we will do.
00:45:59.900 --> 00:46:05.345
00:46:05.345 --> 00:46:09.305
We start with the feet
that danced so much.
00:46:09.305 --> 00:46:10.790
- Oh, beautiful.
00:46:10.790 --> 00:46:13.760
- And his fingers made so
many sounds, didn't they?
00:46:13.760 --> 00:46:15.245
- Yes, they did.
00:46:15.245 --> 00:46:18.710
00:46:18.710 --> 00:46:20.690
- This is good.
00:46:20.690 --> 00:46:23.165
- Yes, it is good.
00:46:23.165 --> 00:46:24.645
- One, two, three.
00:46:24.645 --> 00:46:25.145
Up.
00:46:25.145 --> 00:46:26.630
- There we go.
00:46:26.630 --> 00:46:28.670
- Oops.
00:46:28.670 --> 00:46:29.600
- Light as a feather.
00:46:29.600 --> 00:46:31.094
- Come on, brother.
00:46:31.094 --> 00:46:33.584
We've got you.
00:46:33.584 --> 00:46:35.574
Good.
00:46:35.574 --> 00:46:36.074
Perfect.
00:46:36.074 --> 00:46:39.062
00:46:39.062 --> 00:46:40.058
- Too damn soon, Clark.
00:46:40.058 --> 00:46:45.550
00:46:45.550 --> 00:46:49.890
- And shall we come
in grief and rejoicing
00:46:49.890 --> 00:46:57.896
in your gift for a time of your
son and our brother, Clark.
00:46:57.896 --> 00:46:58.710
- Hey, baby.
00:46:58.710 --> 00:47:44.119
00:47:44.119 --> 00:47:47.612
(CELLO MUSIC PLAYING)
00:47:47.612 --> 00:48:27.670
00:48:27.670 --> 00:48:30.796
He seemed more at peace
than I've ever seen him.
00:48:30.796 --> 00:48:34.233
But I don't know how at peace,
but he was more at peace
00:48:34.233 --> 00:48:34.866
than ever.
00:48:34.866 --> 00:48:35.990
And he knew it was the end.
00:48:35.990 --> 00:48:36.780
He knew.
00:48:36.780 --> 00:48:39.100
Because when they put him
on the intubator, he said,
00:48:39.100 --> 00:48:39.850
"This is the end."
00:48:39.850 --> 00:48:42.320
He said, "I won't
speak to you again."
00:48:42.320 --> 00:48:45.290
The windows are open, but
we have to keep it cold.
00:48:45.290 --> 00:48:49.960
Because the colder we keep
it, the better for the body.
00:48:49.960 --> 00:48:54.660
So we're like sitting shiva,
and we're really shiva-ing.
00:48:54.660 --> 00:48:58.090
(ACCORDION PLAYING)
00:48:58.090 --> 00:49:16.220
00:49:16.220 --> 00:49:19.174
(ALL SINGING)
00:49:19.174 --> 00:49:48.410
00:49:48.410 --> 00:49:51.598
We had a very good
day, very good day.
00:49:51.598 --> 00:50:01.578
00:50:01.578 --> 00:50:04.073
You look so beautiful, honey.
00:50:04.073 --> 00:50:49.298
00:50:49.298 --> 00:50:51.530
- You all help yourself
to greenery or flowers.
00:50:51.530 --> 00:50:52.905
It was Clark's
wish that everyone
00:50:52.905 --> 00:50:55.492
place a piece of greenery
into his grave with him.
00:50:55.492 --> 00:50:59.428
00:50:59.428 --> 00:51:02.872
(BAGPIPES PLAYING)
00:51:02.872 --> 00:51:25.530
00:51:25.530 --> 00:51:28.000
- We gather here
today because of
00:51:28.000 --> 00:51:31.840
the many different connections
that we had to Clark Wang.
00:51:31.840 --> 00:51:36.270
00:51:36.270 --> 00:51:40.040
Clark felt very
connected to the earth,
00:51:40.040 --> 00:51:42.851
and today we are
here to honor that.
00:51:42.851 --> 00:51:45.800
00:51:45.800 --> 00:51:48.800
"I want my final legacy to
be an environmental gift
00:51:48.800 --> 00:51:52.090
to all beings and all
creatures that follow me,
00:51:52.090 --> 00:51:55.400
not a hazard to the earth.
00:51:55.400 --> 00:52:00.470
Spiritually, I believe green
burial restores us to reusable
00:52:00.470 --> 00:52:04.540
materials, returning our
nutrient signature to the cycle
00:52:04.540 --> 00:52:08.962
of life -- rather than
being cut off from it."
00:52:08.962 --> 00:52:11.460
00:52:11.460 --> 00:52:13.650
- Clark wrote, "I
feel very alive
00:52:13.650 --> 00:52:15.305
when speaking about burials.
00:52:15.305 --> 00:52:17.470
Go figure.
00:52:17.470 --> 00:52:20.660
I am grateful to still be alive.
00:52:20.660 --> 00:52:23.700
I am grateful to see such
a bright morning sun.
00:52:23.700 --> 00:52:27.180
I am grateful for
having hope of survival.
00:52:27.180 --> 00:52:31.790
I am grateful for hope of peace
and acceptance, should I not.
00:52:31.790 --> 00:52:35.140
I am grateful that I can
say that I once lived,
00:52:35.140 --> 00:52:41.440
I once sang, I once danced,
and I made music with my life.
00:52:41.440 --> 00:52:45.510
And now, even without
these many such things,
00:52:45.510 --> 00:52:51.165
I am more connected to
people than ever I once was.
00:52:51.165 --> 00:52:54.920
I am more connected to
people than ever I once was."
00:52:54.920 --> 00:53:12.370
00:53:12.370 --> 00:53:14.683
- I will never forget
you when I dance.
00:53:14.683 --> 00:53:21.420
00:53:21.420 --> 00:53:24.143
- Hope to match
your zest for life.
00:53:24.143 --> 00:53:32.981
00:53:32.981 --> 00:53:37.890
- I'll remember the last words
you said to me... "Have faith."
00:53:37.890 --> 00:53:38.390
00:53:38.390 --> 00:53:40.720
- Clark, I thank you
for being so determined
00:53:40.720 --> 00:53:44.485
to have a green burial.
00:53:44.485 --> 00:53:46.534
- Thanks for being a
wonderful friend to me.
00:53:46.534 --> 00:54:10.584
00:54:10.584 --> 00:54:11.250
- Thank you all.
00:54:11.250 --> 00:54:29.142
00:54:29.142 --> 00:54:30.136
God bless you.
00:54:30.136 --> 00:54:44.449
00:54:44.449 --> 00:54:45.865
- If there's anyone
who would like
00:54:45.865 --> 00:54:48.450
to stay and help to
fill the grave by hand,
00:54:48.450 --> 00:54:50.370
you are welcome to do that.
00:54:50.370 --> 00:54:52.470
Otherwise, we're going to
bring in the big machine
00:54:52.470 --> 00:54:54.940
to close the grave,
and you know how
00:54:54.940 --> 00:54:56.717
Clark would feel about that.
00:54:56.717 --> 00:55:00.210
(LAUGHTER)
00:55:00.210 --> 00:55:47.140
00:55:47.140 --> 00:55:52.140
I just can't believe that we've
come from the part where I said
00:55:52.140 --> 00:55:54.130
to Clark, I've got an idea.
00:55:54.130 --> 00:55:57.200
Can we come out here and look?
00:55:57.200 --> 00:55:59.200
Just come out here,
and let's look,
00:55:59.200 --> 00:56:03.610
and him saying, "I think
this would be perfect."
00:56:03.610 --> 00:56:05.478
And here he is.
00:56:05.478 --> 00:56:09.790
(MUSIC PLAYING)
00:56:09.790 --> 01:01:28.320
