This work is a tribute to the human spirit, and the dilemmas many of us can face. It poses the question of how to respond when we experience devastation. When we meet the unexpected, perhaps with social and political dimensions, there is usually a complex interplay between forces in our internal world and the inevitable intrusions from the outside. In Riverbanks of Grief words and images speak to suffering, recovery and hope. It explores these quandaries and the opposing forces between darkness and light.