Accidental Muralist Podcast Episode 3: Cured vs Healed
Welcome to Episode 3 of The Accidental Muralist Podcast, and to my first-ever interview!
Today’s guest is my dear long-time friend, Patti Carey. One of the many reasons I chose her as my first interviewee (besides the chance to reminisce about our Jr High JV doubles days) is to share the work she does at the intersection of art and health.
Patti is a survivor of stage 3 breast cancer. Her experience undergoing chemotherapy, radiation, and the gamut of related (and ongoing) treatments fundamentally changed how she prioritizes her life. We talk about “striving” behaviors that can lead to devastating health outcomes, and what healing really means, especially once a patient has “beaten" cancer. Then what? Our current medical system pays little attention to what happens next, which is the gap in care and expertise Patti aims to fill.
One question I think about a lot is this: Can people wake up to the dangers of living in constant overdrive mode before their bodies revolt by shutting down somehow? I didn’t, Patti didn’t, but maybe you can—or your daughters and friends can. As always, art can help!
Listen in.
Then leave a comment below about what resonated for you, or a question our conversation sparked.
Patti can be found:
on Twitter @mindfulhealing2
on Facebook: the Art of Mindful Healing
on Instagram: the Art of Mindful Healing
P.S. In keeping with the spirit of All Hands Art’s mission of encouraging art-making and art-sharing (no matter how imperfect), this podcast was recorded without any fancy microphones or editing equipment. Patti and I spoke via Zoom and I recorded it on my laptop’s voice recorder. The most complicated part was figuring out how to trim off the minute-and-a-half after our conversation ended, which consisted of me fumbling around trying to turn off the recorders!😬 This whole podcast thing has been a learn-as-I-go experience, and I’m kinda loving it.
Oh, and here’s one more throw-back photo for you. Until next time!
Pam
Here’s to old friends! And feel free to copy any hairstyles you like on this page. Maybe with shelter-in-place restrictions, yours already looks like one of them? 😎