What does dying — and mourning — look like in a secular age?  Vox.com

Artist Day Schildkret works with New Yorkers to create an art installation as a way to remember the the beauty and dignity of human life. Courtesy of Reimagine End of Life Twenty-nine percent of Americans anticipate a secular funeral. When somebody dies in the Catholic tradition, people generally know what to do. There’s the saying of the Last Rites at a dying person’s bedside, the vigil for the deceased — also known as a wake — and, often, a formal Mass of Christian Burial. In the Jewish tradition, there’s the practice of sitting shiva: the week-long mourning process during which the famil…