The silence that surrounds death has heavy emotional and practical costs. Forty five percent of Australians die without a will and fewer than ten percent of us plan our end of life, according to Kerrie Noonan, founder of the GroundSwell Project.
GroundSwell is hoping to change those figures. It is one of the new wave of health organisations that see the arts as a key part of improving quality of life and – in this case – quality of death.