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New: Creativity

23/09/2015 by Dave Nicholls 3 Comments

Marking the launch of the new edition of the Journal of Humanities and Rehabilitation - itself a notable and new creative venture - this post is about creativity. Physiotherapy ought to be a vehicle for all sorts of creative expression, given that so much of what we do is about bodies and movement. I know many physiotherapists who love dance, martial arts, singing, performance art and other forms of physical expression, as well as creative thinkers, ideas people, artists, musicians, poets, photographers and writers of fiction.  But there are few creative outlets for their work within physiotherapy itself.  It seems there is physiotherapy, and creative expression is something that … [Read more...] about New: Creativity

Filed Under: 30 Days Tagged With: arts, creativity, dancing, fiction, innovation, painting, performance, photography, poetry, singing

The truth of movement in sculpture

15/06/2015 by Dave Nicholls Leave a Comment

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An except from Virilio, P. (1994). The Vision Machine. (Trans. Julie Rose). Bloomington, Il; Indiana University Press, pp. 1-2. 'The arts require witnesses,' Marmontel once said. A century later Auguste Rodin asserted that it is the visible world that demands to be revealed by means other than the latent images of the phototype. In the course of his famous conversations with the sculptor, Paul Gsell remarked, apropos Rodin's 'The Age of Bronze' [available to view here] and 'St John the Baptist' [available to view here] , 'I am still left wondering how those great lumps of bronze or stone actually seem to move, how obviously immobile figures appear to act and even to be making pretty … [Read more...] about The truth of movement in sculpture

Filed Under: Books, Image Tagged With: artisan, body, movement, photography, Rodin, sculpture

The remarkable Flo Fox

09/03/2015 by Dave Nicholls Leave a Comment

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[vimeo 89258867 w=500 h=281] The celebrated New York City street photographer Flo Fox is partially blind, has lung cancer and has been living with multiple sclerosis since the age of 30. In a wheelchair since 1999 and unable to handle her camera on her own, she needs help – from her attendants, friends, even passersby – to take photographs. Amazingly, Fox not only remains humorous and energetic, she has also retained her keen sense for reframing moments, people and places in an endlessly chronicled city, bringing surprising new life to her subjects. Intimately shot with a focus on how Fox navigates the streets of New York City, Riley Cooper’s short documentary was a festival favourite in … [Read more...] about The remarkable Flo Fox

Filed Under: Video, Web resources Tagged With: connectivity, disability, film, photography

A new Journal of Humanities in Rehabilitation featuring Thomas Eakins and early photography of motion

03/03/2015 by Dave Nicholls Leave a Comment

Angela Fritz's recent blogpost on the anatomical studies of Thomas Eakins appeared in a new journal that may be of real interest to members of the Critical Physiotherapy Network. The Journal of Humanities in Rehabilitation is published by the Emory Center for Digital Scholarship and aspires to: raise the consciousness and deepen the intellect of the humanistic relationship in the rehabilitation sciences. Our mission is to encourage dialogue among rehabilitation professionals, patients, families and caregivers that describe the human condition as it experiences the impact of illness or disability. We hope to highlight and illustrate the special relationship between the patient and … [Read more...] about A new Journal of Humanities in Rehabilitation featuring Thomas Eakins and early photography of motion

Filed Under: Editorial, Web resources Tagged With: humanities, hysteria, journal, neurasthenia, painting, photography, rehabilitation, Rest Cure, Thomas Eakins, women

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