“Kintsugi is the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery with golden lacquer. It teaches us to embrace damage and flaws.” — ManGill. For most of my adult life I have helped repair the sick. Many had their lives suddenly shattered and altered forever. It was a job at which I was quite good. Recently, the… Read more

“Awareness makes a cure possible…” Sydney Davies Earlier this week was International CML day. Chronic Myeloid Leukaemia is almost exclusively the result of an acquired genetic mutation, known as the Philadelphia chromosome. This DNA error, specially a reciprocal translocation, is the result of fragments from Chromosome 9 and 22 changing places. This exchange results in… Read more

“I started right away to make a painting for him…big branches of white almond blossom…” Vincent Van Gogh This is a very important and specific Van Gogh painting. In terms of style it has little in common with the other works produced towards the end of his life. Nothing about it screams Van Gogh. It… Read more