tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8743733062223446224.post2677038501131081879..comments2016-08-22T08:39:29.251-04:00Comments on Historic Iroquois and Wabanaki Beadwork: Art as a Healing Vehicle for Cancer Iroquois and Wabanaki Beadworkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02270256985923888385noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8743733062223446224.post-53530023158415569632014-02-07T15:02:46.397-05:002014-02-07T15:02:46.397-05:00Thank you Anonymous. I'm sadden to hear about ...Thank you Anonymous. I'm sadden to hear about your brother and wish you all the best on your own path in life.Iroquois and Wabanaki Beadworkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02270256985923888385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8743733062223446224.post-51945939820733859272014-02-06T18:40:18.998-05:002014-02-06T18:40:18.998-05:00Just beautiful work, Gerry. When my brother Antho...Just beautiful work, Gerry. When my brother Anthony was dying from AIDS, his art took a turn and the whole vision and perspective was new. These works impress me deeply. Some feel like entities from another place. Others feel like self-portraits that are disembodied and symbolic of a process that only the maker can understand. I'm glad you are doing better. Your work inspires. I always visit your fb page when I need a boost . . .Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8743733062223446224.post-3608609221115136102013-12-09T18:37:40.100-05:002013-12-09T18:37:40.100-05:00Hi Susan,
I read a few entries on your blog and li...Hi Susan,<br />I read a few entries on your blog and listened to your Little Window in Time; sounds like you’ve also been through quite an ordeal. It’s certainly been the most difficult year of my life. I’m not a religious person and consider myself an agnostic but down deep I sense that something continues after out bodily death. There is so much anecdotal information about Near Death Experiences and especially reincarnation (Dr. Ian Stephenson’s book titled 20 Cases Suggestive of Reincarnation is an incredible piece of research by a noted scientist and medical doctor and was quite an eye opener for me). These are both topics that I’ve researched extensively over the years and they have help me lose my fear of death; that alone has helped a great deal in sustaining me through my ordeal. My wife and I are both health conscious; I was a runner for many years, did martial arts for close to 30 years and have been doing yoga for the past fifteen. We eat a diet comprised mostly of whole, organically raised foods yet I still got cancer. Everyone has a theory about what triggers it but no one seems to know for sure. I wish you all the best in you battle with this. I just finished reading a great book that was recommended to me by a friend who just completed chemo and I wish I had read this before I started my treatments but it’s still very useful after the fact. Title: Anti-Cancer – a new way of life by Dr. David Servan-Schreiber. It’s loaded with tons of practical information, well researched and he cites hundreds of medical and scientific studies to back up his recommendations. The premise is that our diet, lifestyle and mental attitude all affect our survivability. Servan-Schreiber had a cancerous lesion in his brain; he went through the traditional chemo and radiation therapy for his cancer and had a serious relapse several years later. After another round of treatment he began researching what he could do to help boost his body’s natural capacity for protection. He learned what foods actively helped fight tumors and which ones promoted their growth and reports on the leading edge research that helps boost our body’s immune system. Also covered are how psychological wounds can help feed our cancers and much much more. The goal is to place ourselves as far out on the survivability curve as possible. It’s an inspiring book and I highly recommend it. The best to you and your family. Stay strong and positive. Chemo was a terrible time but things can get better afterwards. <br />Iroquois and Wabanaki Beadworkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02270256985923888385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8743733062223446224.post-22006495728043602012013-12-09T15:40:19.997-05:002013-12-09T15:40:19.997-05:00Thank you for the link to your blog. I just compl...Thank you for the link to your blog. I just completed chemo for a recurrence of ovarian cancer. I have had chemo for 14 out of the last 22 months. www.artistrees.blogspot.com and the art-making helps tremendously. I am lucky to be an art therapist. Lucky to be able to continue working and making art. And after all the torture, lucky and glad to still be here. I'm glad to see you continue to make art through it all.Susan Boyes, MA, ATR-BC, LPChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00987851969652556110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8743733062223446224.post-67730107700737492122013-11-06T11:22:58.783-05:002013-11-06T11:22:58.783-05:00Extraordinary, Gerry. My mother had a friend who c...Extraordinary, Gerry. My mother had a friend who collected owl figurines. This reminds me of walking through her tiny, owl-filled house in the Berkshires, an unforgettable, somewhat scary, but ultimately inspiring experience for my then-eight-year-old self. I now look at all owls as old friends.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8743733062223446224.post-28627330855385448442013-11-03T13:35:57.181-05:002013-11-03T13:35:57.181-05:00very interesting, especially the inspiration, i ha...very interesting, especially the inspiration, i have a family member who has been diagnosed with cancer and I've been learning a lot about cells lately, so this is intriguing to say the least. <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8743733062223446224.post-16624484212747583182013-11-03T12:43:50.301-05:002013-11-03T12:43:50.301-05:00Beautiful Artwork!!!Beautiful Artwork!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com