Hektoen International

A Journal of Medical Humanities

Tag: All Alone

  • The art of loss

    Florence GeloPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Three works by artist Deena Gu, All Alone, Blue and Blue, and Resurrection are examples of non-representational paintings in which an artist’s emotional journey was embodied in paint. All Alone greets me with the quiet dignity and loneliness familiar to those who’ve ever harbored a shattered heart. It is a hazy…