Aesthetics in Grief and MourningA philosophical exploration of aesthetic experience during bereavement. In Aesthetics of Grief and Mourning, philosopher Kathleen Marie Higgins reflects on the ways that aesthetics aids people experiencing loss. Some practices related to bereavement, such as funerals, are scripted, but many others are recursive, improvisational, mundanetelling stories, listening to music, and reflecting on art or literature. Higgins shows how these grounding,