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Survive & Thrive: A Journal for Medical Humanities and Narrative as Medicine

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Mushroom In Excrement Yet Sequin-Gowned For The Ball, Brent R. Carr Jul 2022

Mushroom In Excrement Yet Sequin-Gowned For The Ball, Brent R. Carr

Survive & Thrive: A Journal for Medical Humanities and Narrative as Medicine

When we still our minds and filter out the surrounding minutia we can see newfound beauty that surrounds us. The same quiet reflection finds beauty in others, within ourselves. Here, a quiet morning’s mushroom shimmers in full ballroom glory, glimmering with dewdrops as sequins reflecting early sunrise. With quiet mind and steady camera, I filter out the manure of the wild horse and focus on the mushroom’s splendor that outshines the refuse pile from which it draws its source of life.


Moment Of Repose, Rex Veeder Aug 2020

Moment Of Repose, Rex Veeder

Survive & Thrive: A Journal for Medical Humanities and Narrative as Medicine

"Figure 10: Moment of Repose" from "Re-Reading Marshall McLuhan: Hectic Zen, Rhetoric, and Composition" by Rex Veeder in enculturation (December 20, 2011): http://enculturation.net/hectic-zen


Headwater Blues Opry Company Jan 2019

Headwater Blues Opry Company

Survive & Thrive: A Journal for Medical Humanities and Narrative as Medicine

Headwater Blues Opry Company


River, Robert Adams Jan 2019

River, Robert Adams

Survive & Thrive: A Journal for Medical Humanities and Narrative as Medicine

A central aspect of my work is contrast, in material and concept. I began combining images and objects inspired by punk 'zines and outsider art. I went on to earn an MFA, but my undergraduate degree in Biology also inspired me - I began using found materials after a Conservation Corps job fishing colorful trash from streams. Growing up in an educated military family, I was intrigued by humanity’s potential for creativity, measured against its penchant for destruction and cruelty. My appreciation of humor and absurdity in art and life is ongoing. Juxtaposing disparate elements mirrors the layering of experience …