Comments on: Fighting Cancer Woodblock Prints by Dale Phelps http://blochcancer.org/2009/04/fighting-cancer-woodblock-prints-by-dale-phelps/ "Cancer" is a word, not a sentence. Wed, 03 Mar 2010 18:33:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Rest in Sweet Peace, Rebecca. Smile Down Upon Us. | Growing Into The Mystery http://blochcancer.org/2009/04/fighting-cancer-woodblock-prints-by-dale-phelps/#comment-206 Rest in Sweet Peace, Rebecca. Smile Down Upon Us. | Growing Into The Mystery Thu, 10 Dec 2009 11:22:11 +0000 http://blochcancer.net/?p=487#comment-206 [...] (Phelps is a retired Iowa orthopedic surgeon and prostate cancer survivor. http://blochcancer.org/2009/04/fighting-cancer-woodblock-prints-by-dale-phelps/) [...] [...] (Phelps is a retired Iowa orthopedic surgeon and prostate cancer survivor. http://blochcancer.org/2009/04/fighting-cancer-woodblock-prints-by-dale-phelps/) [...]

]]> By: Paul http://blochcancer.org/2009/04/fighting-cancer-woodblock-prints-by-dale-phelps/#comment-205 Paul Thu, 10 Dec 2009 08:05:08 +0000 http://blochcancer.net/?p=487#comment-205 Hello: In January 2009 I wrote a blog piece about a wonderful correspondence between a schoolteacher named Rebecca Hammann and President-Elect Obama. Rebecca, the mother of two-year old Lucy, had been delivered a terminal diagnosis and wrote on behalf of her daughter. I loved what Obama wrote back. Early Monday morning, December 7, Rebecca took her last breath. Her sister wrote and asked me to republish the column. I did. But the more specific reason I write is to tell Dr. Phelps how wonderful and powerful I find his work to be. I am now in my 20th year of living with HIV, and I am an artist (as well as attorney/advocate), and have found that there is something powerfully redemptive about art and illness. Or, put another way,the special sweetness of art to those who have lost the wonderful luxury of taking their good, stable health for granted. So, Dr. Phelps, or Dale, if I may, I must confess that I have taken the liberty of using a couple of your wonderful images along with the post. (With attribution, of course.) I felt that you wouldn't mind. It's up at www.growingintothemystery.com. Take a look. May we all be blessed. In a spirit of gratitude from the heart, Paul Hampton Crockett Miami, FL Hello: In January 2009 I wrote a blog piece about a wonderful correspondence between a schoolteacher named Rebecca Hammann and President-Elect Obama. Rebecca, the mother of two-year old Lucy, had been delivered a terminal diagnosis and wrote on behalf of her daughter. I loved what Obama wrote back.
Early Monday morning, December 7, Rebecca took her last breath. Her sister wrote and asked me to republish the column. I did.
But the more specific reason I write is to tell Dr. Phelps how wonderful and powerful I find his work to be. I am now in my 20th year of living with HIV, and I am an artist (as well as attorney/advocate), and have found that there is something powerfully redemptive about art and illness. Or, put another way,the special sweetness of art to those who have lost the wonderful luxury of taking their good, stable health for granted.

So, Dr. Phelps, or Dale, if I may, I must confess that I have taken the liberty of using a couple of your wonderful images along with the post. (With attribution, of course.) I felt that you wouldn’t mind.

It’s up at http://www.growingintothemystery.com. Take a look. May we all be blessed.

In a spirit of gratitude from the heart,

Paul Hampton Crockett
Miami, FL

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