Third Objects
Explore various forms of writing, art, photography, and other media to use in narrative medicine workshops to spark conversation, reflection, and writing.
Scars Have the Strange Power to Remind Us that Our Past is Real
Kader Attia
Scars Have the Strange Power to Remind Us that Our Past is Real
Artwork, PhotographObit: My Father’s Frontal Lobe
Victoria Chang
Obit: My Father’s Frontal Lobe
PoemOde to Buttoning and Unbuttoning My Shirt
Ross Gay
Ode to Buttoning and Unbuttoning My Shirt
Poem[When I come home they rush to me, the flies]
Aracelis Girmay
[When I come home they rush to me, the flies]
PoemTo the American Psychiatric Association – 1973
Jewelle Gomez
To the American Psychiatric Association – 1973
PoemIgnorance=Fear
Keith Haring
Ignorance=Fear
Artwork, Posterthe cancer diagnosis
Fortesa Latifi
the cancer diagnosis
PoemMy Head Is a Part of My Body and My Middle Name is Makeba
Kiese Makeba Laymon
My Head Is a Part of My Body and My Middle Name is Makeba
EssayMu Nu (Mother and Daughter)
Hung Liu
Mu Nu (Mother and Daughter)
Artwork, PaintingWhite Rice Bowl
Hung Liu
White Rice Bowl
Artwork, Mixed Media, PaintingThe Beauty of Being Deaf
Chella Man
The Beauty of Being Deaf
VideoImmortal City
Kevork Mourad
Immortal City
Artwork, PaintingTransgender Healthcare Horror Stories
Produced by OregonLive/The Oregonian
Transgender Healthcare Horror Stories
VideoStand Against the Wiles: Alpha Omega
Steve Prince
Stand Against the Wiles: Alpha Omega
Artwork, Linoleum CutUntitled I (female)
Iona Rozeal Brown
Untitled I (female)
Artwork, SilkscreenWaiting for you to die so I can be myself
Danez Smith
Waiting for you to die so I can be myself
PoemAIDS Series/Geisha in Bath
Masami Teraoka
AIDS Series/Geisha in Bath
Artwork, Woodblock PrintLe déjeuner sur l’herbe: Les Trois Femmes Noires
Mickalene Thomas
Le déjeuner sur l’herbe: Les Trois Femmes Noires
Artwork, Painting, PhotographSyrian Mosaic Woodwork
Artist Unknown
Syrian Mosaic Woodwork
Artwork, Mosaic, WoodworkSelf-Portrait as Exit Wounds
Ocean Vuong
Self-Portrait as Exit Wounds
Poem