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"In 2007, a life-changing encounter at South Australia’s Flinders Medical
Centre became the catalyst and symbol for a national arts and health movement.
A young woman, Becky Corlett, was being transported through the hospital where
an artist-in-residence, Rebecca Cambrell, was painting a mural. Becky had
suffered a stroke and cardiac failure. She had stopped eating and was
non-responsive even to family. When Becky passed the mural, however, she made a
noise of interest.
Cambrell instinctively drew Becky closer and gave her a paint brush. To
everyone’s surprise, Becky started adding dabs of paint to the canvas, and then
she smiled. The wonder of this moment only dawned on Cambrell when she turned
around.
“Her parents were convinced that the moment she touched that paintbrush,
something was triggered inside Becky that made her want to live”, remembers
Cambrell.
Becky’s story is just one of many collected in our new report
Telling the
Story of Arts in Health in South Australia."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
