Somebody smart once told me a good way to get a traumatic event (like a brain tumor) out of your head was to write it down. The Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center - http://lombardi.georgetown.edu/artsandhumanities/index.html - does all that and more.
What do I mean, “more?”
Well, according to their
website “Painting, weaving, drawing, beadwork, basketry, quilling, collage,
quilting and needlework are some of the activities offered while waiting for
appointments, during chemotherapy treatment, or when confined to inpatient
areas. Participants engaged in art making report feeling relaxed, productive
and happy.”
I’ve corresponded with Nancy
Morgan who runs the “Writing & Health Initiative” and learned that “each
week, two writing workshops called ‘Writing for your Health’ are offered for
people with cancer and other community members.”
How cool is that?
Their website also describes
their music and emerging theater programs.
Of course I didn’t learn
about all this on my own. The wonderful and talented Amy Marash of cancer is SO FUNNY - http://cancerissofunny.blogspot.com
- told me about Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center and their wonderful
programs.
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