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If the Sky Should Fall
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If the Sky Should Fall

Belinda Hopper
University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Master of Creative Arts, University of the Sunshine Coast
2015
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.25907/00390
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death grief worldviews
The experience of grieving my brother-in-law's murder led me to make two observations: that we grieve the death of a loved one based upon our own worldview's set of beliefs and assumptions, not theirs, and, that something is true-regarding what happens to someone when they die-whether or not we believe it, although we cannot prove it, and despite the juxtaposition of our acceptance or rejection of it as a belief. These observations led me through what I term a Secondary Grief: a crisis of faith. This research explores the theory of worldviews and their different suppositions on death and dying, and the nature of belief-how we arrive at our beliefs and whether or not they moderate the experience of grief and loss. The cornerstone of this research is a quote from J.W. Sire (1994): "But ask us to prove even to ourselves that we are right in our belief and we are in a quandary." The outcome of this research is a creative artefact, a novella that depicts one family's shared primary and secondary grief experience. The purpose of the artefact is to explore grief from a comparative worldviews perspective and to explore worldviews through the lens of grief. The title of the creative artefact is, If the Sky Should Fall.

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