Remembrance Week Talk Encourages Grieving through Creative Expression

Syracuse University’s National Veterans Resource Center hosted “Healing Trauma Through Poetry and Music” Sunday night as part of this year’s Remembrance Week. The talk featured Brian Turner and Kurt Erickson, the poet and composer who debuted “Each Moment Radiant” as part of SU’s Malmgren Concert Series earlier that day.

Part of the Syracuse Symposium series, the event highlighted the creative process behind Turner and Erickson’s compositions, “Each Moment Radiant” and “Here, Bullet.” The artists created “Each Moment Radiant” taking inspiration from the aftermath of the 1988 Pan Am Flight 103 bombing and hoping to help others heal from the associated trauma, Erickson said. [Read the full Daily Orange story.]