Artist Statement
While clinical medicine is an intellectual creative art form, surgery is a performance art form. The composure, precision, grace, focus, and command needed to execute a procedure to perfection is not so different from that which is needed to execute a musical performance. The parallels are magical.
Recommended Citation
Mehra, Divy
(2021)
"Rhythm,"
be Still: Vol. 5, Article 10.
Available at:
https://nsuworks.nova.edu/bestill/vol5/iss1/10
ORCID ID
0000-0002-9507-6635
Included in
Creative Writing Commons, Fine Arts Commons, Medical Humanities Commons, Photography Commons
About the Artist
Divy Mehra is a third-year medical student at Nova Southeastern's KP-COM. His interests include medical writing, the humanities, meditation, and, as is the focus of this piece, music.