Artist Statement
“Honoring Constellations” is a meditation on the quiet labor of attention in spaces shaped by caregiving, illness, and uncertainty. The poem was born from the emotional weight of witnessing how each patient, each moment, carries a constellation of stories that are often untold. In clinical spaces, time presses forward relentlessly, but I wanted to pause inside that pressure to explore what it means to hold space for lives at the threshold of change or loss. The poem aims to honor the meaning that exists even in apparent silence. Here, attention is not just presence; it’s a form of reverence.
Recommended Citation
Gandhi, Prachi S.
(2025)
"Honoring Constellations,"
be Still: Vol. 10, Article 16.
Available at:
https://nsuworks.nova.edu/bestill/vol10/iss1/16
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About the Artist
Prachi Gandhi grew up between India and Chicago, and now lives in Clearwater, Florida, where she is completing her osteopathic medical training at Nova Southeastern University. Her writing is inspired by the spaces where medicine and humanity meet: patients, families, and the silences that shape their stories. Honoring Constellations is her first submission to be Still.