Art – Literature – Music – Movies
Discussing the many psychological and spiritual maladies of our times, John Waters suggests the root problem may lie in our failure to recognize our utter dependence … “The desire to impose order on the universe and to become unsettled at our inevitable failure to do so may be ultimately a symptom of the expression in […]
autonomy … control … unhinged? Read More »
… Nuala O’Faolain’s interview with Marian Finucane – on her experience after being diagnosed with metastatic lung cancer … a transcript. Her friend Nell McCafferty describes the interview as “listening to the cry of an animal in the forest.” “It amazed me, Marian, how quickly life turned black, immediately almost. For example, I lived somewhere
the essence of this experience is alone-ness … Read More »
In Memory of Jane Fraser When snow like sheep lay in the fold And wind went begging at each door, And the far hills were blue with cold, And a cloud shroud lay on the moor, She kept the siege. And every day We watched her brooding over death Like a strong bird above its
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“Convalescence” by Luigi Nono … “The formal structure of this painting closely recalls Munch’s “The sick child” (So close and yet so far. JMP 2003;1 (2):39), although the sickness of the child is perceived in a deeply different way. While Munch’s painting is dominated by an anguished desperation, here we find the image of a
Because I could not stop for Death, He kindly stopped for me; The carriage held but just ourselves And Immortality. We slowly drove, he knew no haste, And I had put away My labor, and my leisure too, For his civility. We passed the school, where children strove At recess, in the ring; We passed
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The Labyrinth is a documentary that tells the story of Martin Kolodziej, one of the first prisoners in the Auschwitz concentration camp. He spoke little about that experience until he suffered a severe stroke … during his rehab he started drawing … the trailer … a summary … the film’s web-site … over 100 images
The Sick Child Edvard Munch Read the commentary in Journal of Medicine & the Person.
entering the loneliness of the other … Read More »
… considered by many the greatest American painting of the 19th century, The Gross Clinic has recently been restored and will go on display today at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. “This complex story of healing will be the subject of the exhibition “An Eakins Masterpiece Restored: Seeing The Gross Clinic Anew.” (Philadelphia Inquirer) Clyde
restoration of the Gross Clinic … Read More »
… the story of Vicky, a young lady with HIV, who is healed in her encounter with Rose … it is also told in Greater – Defeating AIDS, an award winning film at Cannes. Vicky is speaking at the Med Conference this weekend.
an encounter that can resurrect a life … Read More »
… suffered in many ways during her life. “Kahlo’s paintings reflect the pain she carried with her through life. They mirror, she insisted, her reality rather than imagination, and contain stark references to her miscarriages, surgeries, and both physical and psychological injuries.” The anniversary of her birthday was this past week. Read more of Mariangela
