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How to commemorate trauma in public spaces

The memorial I designed for 9/11 families was rejected for being too emotional and not abstract enough, but I cannot understand how to honor grief without feeling it.

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The translation of private suffering into shared memory requires a balance between raw emotion and collective healing that may be impossible to achieve.

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