Living Against the Void
“To live against the void is to accept the meaningless,
and create meaning.”
“To live against the void is to accept the meaningless,
and create meaning.”
Some griefs have no funeral. Writings shaped over fifteen years on the quiet ache of existential loss, moving through denial, anger, bargaining, and depression toward acceptance. Not a problem to be solved, but a loss to be mourned: the grief of being.
Words by Dr. Matt Gari. Paintings by Hadiseh Bahrami, first exhibited at Artexpo New York 2025. The book gathers both into a single, unhurried meditation on living after meaning.