Historical Reflections: The Medical Heritage Center Blog

Voices in Humanism

No Justice
“Sadly, there are many more names than what is depicted.
Praying for justice and a better future.”

Digital Art

Meika Eby, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
Nationwide Children’s Hospital

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From a Family Medicine Resident’s Kitchen:
Orange Olive Oil Cake, Delicious and for Sharing.

Teena D’Cruz, MD, PGY 2
2018 OSU College of Medicine Graduate
Family Medicine Resident, Mt. Carmel

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Creating Masks

Debra Fink Bachelder
DFB City Axis, LLC
Guest Speaker:
OSU College of Medicine
Art, the New Rx

Blooming in Isolation

A call instead of an embrace,
A wave instead of a handshake,
A text instead of close conversation
None are a loss but an exchange
Opportunity for change buried within fear
Taking time to work on forgotten ideas, lost
hobbies and reminisce with loved ones
A chance to breathe, reconvene, and focus on you
The path you have been carving
A change of direction perhaps?
The realization of diminishing time as it never
seems there’s enough,
And what you can do with it
The option to create, inspire and grow, not put on
hold, but blooming in isolation

Sierra Schwierking
OSU Health Sciences Major, Junior Year

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Advice from a sunflower:
Be bright, sunny and positive.
Spread seeds of happiness.
Rise, shine and hold your head high.
-Anonymous

Jody Glasser Sobol
Photographer
Medical School Mom

Spring Moon

Don’t let this moment pass unattended
don’t let the spring moon march down the sky alone
an owl is calling from a far oak branch
she is calling you.

Don’t let the river journey unaccompanied
put aside your thoughts, let your mind ripple like the river
the sun will be waking, he will require your presence
for his long high arc in tribute to the earth.

Don’t let the lark take wing without your witness
she will fall if you, godlike, avert your eyes
she will never sing again if you are unwilling to listen.

Don’t let any single moment lose your attention
if you turn away all creation will fail
and when you return you will wonder why you,
like the falling spring moon, are completely alone.

Fred Andrle
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Digital art © 2020 Sara Colombo

Power. Strength. Passion.

Sara Colombo
Medical Student, Class of 2022
Primary Care Track
OSU College of Medicine
Media: Digital
June 7, 2020

Voices in Humanism:
A Collaboration Between the Medical Heritage Center and the OSU Gold Humanism Honor Society Resident Chapter

In April of 2020, two groups began to collaborate to collect, preserve and share artwork created during this time of dual pandemics. The arts reflect so much about the times that we live in and the Medical Heritage Center hoped to capture all aspects of this challenging time for its archives. At the same time, the Gold Humanism Honor Society’s Resident Chapter was looking for ways to support and honor the resident physicians who were given so much responsibility in managing the pandemic. From these two perspectives, Voices in Humanism was born.

Voices in Humanism seeks artwork created by students, residents, faculty, staff, alumni and all members of our health care family here at OSU. We hope to collect artwork that might be archived in the Medical Heritage Center and shared as part of an outreach to our medical community. As of November 2020, we have collected sixty works of art from forty-five artists and we welcome additions.

If you would like your work sent directly to the archives, please contact Kristin Rodgers: Kristin.rodgers@osumc.edu.

If you would like your work to be collected, preserved and shared through the Voices in Humanism network, please contact Linda Stone, MD: LCStoneMD@columbus.rr.com.