Artist creates space for people to lay down their grief

Key points

• Healesville artist Clare James will reopen The Place for Lost Feelings, a free installation where people can spend five minutes alone and light a candle. The floral space was first built in 2022 after she sensed many people were looking for a place to grieve outside organised religion.
• Visitors have included a man with terminal cancer who told her it was the first time he accepted his mortality.
• The event runs on October 24 and 25 at The Healesville Living And Learning Centre, with trauma response workers available as people leave.