Seeing through the eyes of a doctor
I often write here of my love of poetry and its great power to capture what you are feeling in perhaps a single sentence. Alongside poetry, I am also in awe of the creative power of photography. Joseph Gascho is a Doctor in Nebraska who’s also a writer and photographer. Part of his work as a physician is to interpret sonograms of the heart (echocardiograms, or echoes).
“I often find myself imagining the patient whose echo I am viewing–what is he/she thinking, what does he/she know about the medical problem, what would I do/think if I had this problem?” he says ” These imaginings have led me to write poems, which I then link with the echo images… I’ve also been intrigued by the stories patients tell me when I see them in my office, and have written poems about those stories and combined them with photos of the patient.”
Visit Gascho’s website so you can see for yourself some of his beautiful images.
thank for the post .images and poetr ( full of imagery) aree worth a thousand words.
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good to see this
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this looks very interesting – nice to see the human face of physicians!
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What a great story to capture the humaness of doctors. I can’t wait to check out his website. I love the poetry you list on your site, but will admit that sometimes I don’t slow down enough to truely appreciate the beauty of the words. You are giving me a new challenge–thank you!
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it’s good to see the soul of a poet in this doctor. I am sure there are many more stories out there like this and we need to hear more like them!
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just visited his website – some amazing photos on there!
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