When tragedy strikes, the echoes of “there are no words” and “I can’t imagine what you are going through” can be overwhelming…and terribly isolating. What happens, though, if we map  landscapes of loss and examine the terrain that we refuse to name? By mapping our linguistic glitches, can we build more empathetic communities? These are the questions that guide interdisciplinary artist, karen Krolak, as she amasses her ongoing project, the Dictionary of Negative Space. What began as a way to articulate her own experiences in the aftermath of losing her mother, father, and brother in a single horrific car crash, has led to virtual public art experiment that reverberates in many unexpected directions.