It’s been a happy and moving week in my world, full of reconnection with old souls and new kinds of feedback. This is because I finally started telling the truth. My high school alumni magazine was curious about Arts Practica, and, because they were most familiar with the 14-year old, braces-mouthed-nerd who hid out in […]Continue Reading
ArchivesCategory: Health Experience
17Jan“Commonsense” But Counter Culture
Earlier this week I had the privilege of hearing Drs. Leana Wen and Joshua Kosowsky—the authors of When Doctors Don’t Listen: How to Avoid Misdiagnoses and Unnecessary Tests—speak. It was moving to see two MDs pounding the pavement with an urgent appeal to patients: speak up! Your voice is critical to the diagnosis process. Here […]Continue Reading
02JanHappy New Year!
I kicked off 2013 with a new tradition for Arts Practica – New Years cards! I created them in gratitude to friends and colleagues making the world better – and then sent them all over that very world. I chose this quote by Einstein to share because I love it so: I love it because […]Continue Reading
08Aug“I didn’t know if we could fix it”
When I first heard of Karen Lee Sobol’s story of experimental treatment for a rare type of cancer, I simply could not imagine what she had been through. And when I learned that the disease was labeled “incurable”, I didn’t believe it at first. Her book, Twelve Weeks: An Artist’s Story of Cancer, Healing, and […]Continue Reading
