Feedback about "Crossing Borders" BLOG from Nurses for Human Rights
"I whole heartedly support and love you website (web blog). It's exactly what we need in the coming revolution in the mental health industry. My goal is to get us back into a more humanitarian mental health system, off of drugs, and into the arts and practical vocations these people really need. It is my belief that most of the children today that are diagnosed with mental disorders are the artists of our future, not understood by the medical profession.... "
"The arts are the pathway out of their confusion and allows them to communicate as themselves. Well done, "
Kenneth W. Thomas,RN
Director
Nurses for Human Rights
Saturday, July 28, 2007
Vincent Lam, Winner of 2006 Scotia Giller Prize, Bloodletting and Miraculous Cures, Video
Tonight I share with you a short reading and video featuring Dr. Vincent Lam, emergency room physician, author and winner of the 2006 Scotia Giller Prize for his book "Bloodletting and Miraculous Cures."
See video at:
http://www.scotiabankgillerprize.ca/author_videos_lam.htm
More about the Scotia Bank Giller Prize http://www.scotiabankgillerprize.ca/home.htm
See video at:
http://www.scotiabankgillerprize.ca/author_videos_lam.htm
More about the Scotia Bank Giller Prize http://www.scotiabankgillerprize.ca/home.htm
Quotes of Note:
"How can people be helped through the practice of human science nursing? One idea is that health patterns can be changed through creative imaging. For example, nurses and others can invite persons struggling with changing to picture what it would be like to stay in their situation and, alternatively, how they would like to change it. As persons talk about the possibilities that they see for themselves and about their hopes and dreams, they can begin to plan to make them real. Health workers can also encourage persons to do creative journaling, story telling, painting, poetry writing etc. "
Professor Beryl Pilkington, Atkinson Faculty of Liberal and Professional Studies
School of Nursing
York University
From the website at York University Gazette online, Nov. 2000
http://www.yorku.ca/ycom/gazette/past/archive/2000/112200/issue.htm
"How can people be helped through the practice of human science nursing? One idea is that health patterns can be changed through creative imaging. For example, nurses and others can invite persons struggling with changing to picture what it would be like to stay in their situation and, alternatively, how they would like to change it. As persons talk about the possibilities that they see for themselves and about their hopes and dreams, they can begin to plan to make them real. Health workers can also encourage persons to do creative journaling, story telling, painting, poetry writing etc. "
Professor Beryl Pilkington, Atkinson Faculty of Liberal and Professional Studies
School of Nursing
York University
From the website at York University Gazette online, Nov. 2000
http://www.yorku.ca/ycom/gazette/past/archive/2000/112200/issue.htm
Friday, July 27, 2007
Breast Cancer, The Indestructible Bust and an Artist's Tribute to his Mother
When I came across Toby Jones and his work on Youtube I was moved by the sensitivity of this young artist and son who had coped with the loss of his mother to breast cancer through his artistic process and powerful work. In a statement about the resiliency, beauty and strength of human beings, Toby Jones creates "indestructible breasts in a metaphorical fight against breast cancer."
I asked Toby if I might share his work with you at "Crossing Borders" and he willingly agreed.
CM
Toby's Story
"My mother died of metastasized breast cancer in February of 2001 after valiantly struggling with the disease for five years. After her death, in the years that followed, a large part of coping with the emptiness in my life was my art. I first started what I now call the "Fiberglass Busts Project" driven by subconscious motives I wouldn't understand until much later. It began from a need to create something out of the emptiness in my life, a time consuming project to fill my days with errands and give me a reason to get out of bed in the morning."
"Being a mother is one of the hardest jobs anyone could undertake-- she came to understand that all mothers, coming from a place of love for their children wished they could be better... and that all mothers do the best they can. They learn and love and grow and make it up as they go along if they have to. My mother was not Martha Stewart or Julia Child-- but to this day, I realized she taught me lessons that I have used every day in life. She taught me in showing me the things that she knew and in allowing me to do the things she could not. She never expected me to be anything but what I was, and never gave me a reason to lie. She never withheld her approval. She is the mother I asked God for. She will always be with me.
I Love You Mom. " Toby.
"It all became clear to me, one morning as I labored in my garage with a power sander, trying to smooth out the bondo. With beads of sweat trickling down into my eyes, I started to wonder what exactly was I doing? This sculpture is way too thick! Why the ballistics grade fabric? Why the over kill? It finally dawned on me what my subconscious motive was. I was attempting to create breasts that were indestructible. This was the gift I wanted to give to my mother and my metaphorical fight against breast cancer. This insight was the catalyst I needed to move forward. I envisioned dozens of sculptures, auctioned off for Breast Cancer Charities. Building Breasts Impervious To Cancer...it would be a tribute to mother. "
I asked Toby if I might share his work with you at "Crossing Borders" and he willingly agreed.
CM
Toby's Story
"My mother died of metastasized breast cancer in February of 2001 after valiantly struggling with the disease for five years. After her death, in the years that followed, a large part of coping with the emptiness in my life was my art. I first started what I now call the "Fiberglass Busts Project" driven by subconscious motives I wouldn't understand until much later. It began from a need to create something out of the emptiness in my life, a time consuming project to fill my days with errands and give me a reason to get out of bed in the morning."
"Being a mother is one of the hardest jobs anyone could undertake-- she came to understand that all mothers, coming from a place of love for their children wished they could be better... and that all mothers do the best they can. They learn and love and grow and make it up as they go along if they have to. My mother was not Martha Stewart or Julia Child-- but to this day, I realized she taught me lessons that I have used every day in life. She taught me in showing me the things that she knew and in allowing me to do the things she could not. She never expected me to be anything but what I was, and never gave me a reason to lie. She never withheld her approval. She is the mother I asked God for. She will always be with me.
I Love You Mom. " Toby.
"It all became clear to me, one morning as I labored in my garage with a power sander, trying to smooth out the bondo. With beads of sweat trickling down into my eyes, I started to wonder what exactly was I doing? This sculpture is way too thick! Why the ballistics grade fabric? Why the over kill? It finally dawned on me what my subconscious motive was. I was attempting to create breasts that were indestructible. This was the gift I wanted to give to my mother and my metaphorical fight against breast cancer. This insight was the catalyst I needed to move forward. I envisioned dozens of sculptures, auctioned off for Breast Cancer Charities. Building Breasts Impervious To Cancer...it would be a tribute to mother. "
See Youtube Video about Toby Jones, Breast Cancer Art Project
TV Report Ch. 11 NEWS
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Tuesday, July 24, 2007
Call: 3rd Annual Imagination Education for Everyone! ConferenceDeadline for Proposals: September 1, 2007 Conference Dates: November 6-8, 2007 Location: Skokie, Illinois Sponsored by: National-Louis University This conference focuses on creative, out-of-the-box methods, theories, and practices in teaching and learning -- any level, any subject matter, formal or informal contexts. Proposals for performances and interactive sessions are welcome. See website for details: www.nl.edu/imagine (last year's program info.)
Please submit to: imagine@nl.edu Contact: Dr. Kristin Lems
Sunday, July 22, 2007
Arts for Health, Manchester Metropolitan University
ARTS for HEALTH is an International Centre offering advice and consultancy for creative planning, funding and commissioning of arts and cultural projects in the healthcare services.
The monitoring of completed arts projects and the publication of the resulting outcomes is a means of raising awareness of the benefits of art in healthcare. Please contact Arts for Health to find out more about the services offered.
ARTS for HEALTH has an international reputation and is part of The Manchester Institute for Research and Innovation in Art and Design (MIRIAD). It was founded in 1988 and works to develop innovative arts programmes and provide integrated art and design solutions for healthcare environments.
All work is underpinned by research and evaluation.
Information:
Arts for Health Manchester Metropolitan University Elizabeth Gaskell Campus Shepherd House Hathersage RoadManchesterM13 OJA
Email: artsforhealth@mmu.ac.uk
see website: http://www.mmu.ac.uk/artsforhealth/
ARTS for HEALTH is an International Centre offering advice and consultancy for creative planning, funding and commissioning of arts and cultural projects in the healthcare services.
The monitoring of completed arts projects and the publication of the resulting outcomes is a means of raising awareness of the benefits of art in healthcare. Please contact Arts for Health to find out more about the services offered.
ARTS for HEALTH has an international reputation and is part of The Manchester Institute for Research and Innovation in Art and Design (MIRIAD). It was founded in 1988 and works to develop innovative arts programmes and provide integrated art and design solutions for healthcare environments.
All work is underpinned by research and evaluation.
Information:
Arts for Health Manchester Metropolitan University Elizabeth Gaskell Campus Shepherd House Hathersage RoadManchesterM13 OJA
Email: artsforhealth@mmu.ac.uk
see website: http://www.mmu.ac.uk/artsforhealth/
Arts Based Research in Israel Focus of Upcoming Book
Call for papers for a book on Arts Based Research in Israel
The aim of this book is to bring together for the first time; the arts based research that is being undertaken at present in Israel, creating a vibrant new knowledge base that offers a valuable tool for researchers interested in expanding the depth and breadth of their data and methodology skills.
The book is based on the work of an on-going study group of researchers from different fields such as geography, arts therapies, social work, literature, arts, business, and sociology, who have met together for two years... using the arts within their research, as data, method, or final product.
We are looking for research proposals that address the arts within research, (movement, music, drama, and plastic arts). Our focus is not on arts as art products only, or on art as therapy, but on the use of art within different disciplines, and in innovative ways to enhance data gathering and presenting. All proposals will be peer- reviewed, and accepted according to external judgment.
(NB: People interested in joining our arts based study group should write to icqm@bgu.ac.il or to ehuss@bgu.ac.il to join our mailing list. )
The aim of this book is to bring together for the first time; the arts based research that is being undertaken at present in Israel, creating a vibrant new knowledge base that offers a valuable tool for researchers interested in expanding the depth and breadth of their data and methodology skills.
The book is based on the work of an on-going study group of researchers from different fields such as geography, arts therapies, social work, literature, arts, business, and sociology, who have met together for two years... using the arts within their research, as data, method, or final product.
We are looking for research proposals that address the arts within research, (movement, music, drama, and plastic arts). Our focus is not on arts as art products only, or on art as therapy, but on the use of art within different disciplines, and in innovative ways to enhance data gathering and presenting. All proposals will be peer- reviewed, and accepted according to external judgment.
(NB: People interested in joining our arts based study group should write to icqm@bgu.ac.il or to ehuss@bgu.ac.il to join our mailing list. )
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