When Cure and Language are Inadequate, What Remains?Recalling the loss of her husband, Mike, Dianne Avey’s essay“Morning Light” (Spring 2023 Intima) reaches back a decade to a quiet September…Nov 28, 2023Nov 28, 2023
What is ‘informed consent?’What are your rights when you participate in a medical research study?Feb 25, 2021Feb 25, 2021
Finding What’s Essential in Just Laundry: Painting and Poetry in Dialogue by Alexis Rehrmann —…I hate looking at paintings through a screen, jammed into one small window, behind a second one in which I am typing. The imperfect…Feb 5, 2021Feb 5, 2021
On (Un)Knowing: A Reflection on the Imagination and the Body by poet Michelle Dyer — IntimaIf I were to show Sapana Adhikari’s painting “What Lies Beneath” to my four-year old niece, she might point at the women’s bulging blue…Feb 2, 2021Feb 2, 2021
My COVID Hero: How Art Helped Me Reflect on a Global Pandemic by Dr. Brandon Mogrovejo — IntimaLately, I’ve drawn as a way to reflect on myself and other healthcare providers.Jan 29, 2021Jan 29, 2021
Global Citizenship: The Complex Emotions of ‘Going Home’ to a Place You’ve Never Been by Violet…Global citizenship is humanity that transcends borders.Jan 26, 2021Jan 26, 2021
For Martin Luther King: A poem about a statue and a new form of social justice.MonumentJan 18, 2021Jan 18, 2021
“A Line Blurring Joy and Grief”: Empathizing from a Distance, by Daniel Ginsburg — IntimaIn emergency settings, how do clinicians show empathy for patients and their families, yet maintain a healthy emotional distance? In Yara…Jan 18, 2021Jan 18, 2021
Opening to the Moment: A Response to the drawing “Healing” by writer Brenna FitzgeraldWesley Usher’s drawing “Healing” (Spring 2020 Intima) is a meditation on the power of pain and suffering to transform if we open to the…Jan 15, 2021Jan 15, 2021