1. the quality of mind or spirit that enables a person to face difficulty, danger, pain, etc., without fear; bravery
source: dictionary.com
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"You have to accept whatever comes and the only important thing is that you meet it with courage and with the best that you have to give."
--Eleanor Roosevelt
Courage
Each week when a new word pops out of the deck, I like to google search it. I read articles, quotes, poems, whatever I can find that will spark the stream-of-conscience, word association, or series of questions that goes on in my mind. After reading a couple articles from a psychology magazine and perusing several quotes, I started thinking about who I viewed as courageous.
While I was able to compile quite a list, my husband, Dane, stuck out to me. I fully admit I'm pretty biased towards the guy. That considered, he's one of the most quietly courageous people I know. If you ask him, he'll humbly shrug it off and say something like, "I just do what needs to be done." Or "Anyone could do that." Watching him audition, perform, practice and develop a career in music all after kicking cancer's nasty butt shows incredible courage. Like the words of Eleanor Roosevelt, he is able to meet whatever comes with courage and give it his all.
For this piece I started by looking at images of cancer cells from a scanning electron microscope. I am fascinated by science and the images these high-powered microscopes create. I juxtaposed that nasty cancer cell with one of the sheets of music that make their way around our home. I ended up sketching the cell in colored pencil and ink. I included the image of the piece as a whole and after I cut the cell away. Like the cancer that was literally cut out of and removed from my husband, I wanted to cut this cell away from the music that has supported our family. I lean more toward the second image because there is a separation between the cell and the music. It's removed and falling away, far away from my family.
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