Digital BW, The Print

I would like to make a case for taking art "out of the box" as defined by
galleries and museums and schools.

Art can be practiced anywhere, anytime by anyone willing to make the extra
effort: to see, to listen, to feel, to give, to paint, to sing, to
photograph...

examples: 

I walk down the street and see a tiny flowering plant surviving between the
cracks in the sidewalk...the art of seeing

I take a photograph of this plant and post it on the web...the art of giving
the art of seeing

I see a child with a skinned knee sitting on the curb alone crying
quietly....I sit down and offer a bandaid and show the tiny brave flower in
the crack to the child...I show the child how to make a picture on the
sidewalk with a rock as a crayon... the art of giving, the art of caring,
the art of teaching, the art of listening and the art of seeing.

I turned to art as a refuge for myself for all the pain I absorbed from my
daily interactions with patients. Over many years of practice in many
settings, I hope I have begun to learn  the art of healing...and it isn't
antibiotics or surgeries or transplants. These things become the art of
healing only when given with a large dose of caring...the art of listening,
seeing, feeling, giving.

Living art makes the world a better place...so practice art: go see and take
pictures and share the images and yourself with us.

trish