What They're Saying About Us

"The exhibit was such an intimate and deep depiction of feelings associated with sickness. I loved it!"
-- a visitor, August 2002

"Amazing how pain and suffering emits such opening into the soul. I loved it! To health!"
-- a visitor, August 2002

"All of these exhibits relate to me - the physical side that diminishes, the spiritual side that continues to grow, the emotional side that has not forgotten to laugh. Love and thank you!!"
-- a visitor, August 2002

"How lucky I feel to still have spring in my step, wave in my torso, and hopeful hands. Not yet affected by orthopedic problems, the exhibit made me feel how fortunate I am."
-- a visitor, August 2002

"It shows us that we should be happy to have the medical technology that we do."
-- a visitor, August 2002

"I loved the doctor's frustrated picture!"
-- a visitor, August 2002

"The exhibit was such an intimate and deep depiction of feelings associated with sickness. I loved it!"
-- a visitor, August 2002

"Congratulations! This exhibition is very good. I am sorry it's not in Austria!"
-- Steven Prichlar, mayor of Baumgarten, Austria, August 2002

"I was digging the artwork half of this museum, especially "I Wish I Could Have Done More" and the neon hands."
-- a visitor, July 2002

"Very impressive! Carmen Trujillo's exhibit is magical."
-- Lori Cohen, Long Island, N.Y., July 2002

"Thank you for this incredible experience! It's one I will not soon forget!"
-- a visitor, July 2002

"Wow! I enjoyed this exhibit as much (and in some ways much more) than the exhibits in the National Gallery. These are much more "real" to all of us."
-- a visitor, July 2002

"Thank you for the exhibit! The alabaster hands were my favorite."
-- a visitor, July 2002

"Vi elsker denne museum. (We love this museum.)"
-- Lene, Soren, Claus & Rene, Norway and Denmark, July 2002

"I really liked the art! Thanks for putting so much time and effort into it."
-- Abby, age 8, July 2002

"A touching exhibit."
-- a visitor, July 2002

"Fantastic!! Thank you for showing the human side of medicine. Very important."
-- David from Baltimore, June 2002

"I was mesmerized by the shrine. It was so relaxing!"
-- Lawanda Pierre from Ohio, June 2002

"This exhibit was very interesting! I learned a lot!"
-- Robyn Ostahowski from Montana, June 2002

"This exhibit was full of great stuff."
-- Tasha Campbell from Colorado, June 2002

"The whole museum is very cool and is one of my favorites. I hope to be in the medical field some day. This exhibit is cool and I like how there is a wide variety of artwork. You can feel lots of emotions from them also. Good work!"
-- Amanda White, June 2002

"I have had so much fun in this exhibit I really want to come back."
-- Jenni Frye from Amarillo, Texas, June 2002

"Hate the mummy."
-- Andrea King from New Jersey, June 2002

"I love the mummy!"
-- a visitor, June 2002

"Interesting. I like the stories that go along wit the art. Lots of stories by MDs. What about nurses?"
-- a visitor, June 2002

"I enjoyed all the art forms and learned a little about my bones."
-- a visitor, June 2002

"Very unique. I liked the cane exhibit."
-- Christine Walker from Berkeley, Calif., June 2002

"These stories are very touching, because they make you think twice about blessings we have all been able to share. Thank you."
-- a visitor, June 2002

"Your eMotion Pictures exhibits were just outstanding. Very deep thought and educating. Thank you."
-- a visitor, June 2002

"I was most impressed with Jules Shapiro's "Where There's A Will." Fabulous carving!"
-- Paul Pallamsca from Silver Spring, Md., June 2002

"I enjoyed the balance between art and medicine."
-- Jenn from Northeastern University, June 2002

"This is a wonderful exhibit. I was amazed at the number of doctors who are artists. I was particularly moved by the installation on spiritual medicine and Shih Sun's work on the backbone. Excellent exhibit."
-- a visitor, May 2002

"Excellent concept for an exhibition - very driven and creative artists and pieces."
-- a visitor from Minneapolis, May 2002

"I love the paintings by Ted Meyer and Laura Ferguson."
-- a visitor, May 2002

"This exhibit offers an interesting view into the world of science and the structure of the human body. I really enjoyed all the artwork."
-- a visitor, May 2002

"I liked how on every artist's work you showed the reason for the artwork. It really helped to explain what was going on from the artist's point of view." "It's cool how you let kids to adults express how they feel when they have a certain disease. It really touched me." "I liked that there were many different forms of artwork, because just like the art people are all different too. It is very touching and motivational. It makes me care so much more and makes me want to help out everyone I can. Thanks!"
-- Anne, Andrea, and Jessica, three 14-year-old middle school students from Illinois, May 2002

"This exhibit provides a corridor into the suffering turned to triumph of others and a feeling of gratitude for my own good health."
-- a visitor, April 2002

"Beautiful, insightful art! Really touched me!"
-- a visitor, April 2002

"Creative, interesting, different and thought provoking. A new insight into thoughts and feelings of orthopedic doctors."
-- a visitor, April 2002

"I liked it all, but the bone ladder was disturbing! I loved the red hands and the pictures."
-- a visitor, April 2002

"Very eye opening and truthful."
-- a visitor, April 2002

"Some things are rather neat. That "rodeo" exhibit is weird and I like the hands. Thanks for the show!
-- a visitor, April 2002

"Fascinating blend of art/medicine and the healing process."
-- a visitor, April 2002

"This exhibit is really neat. I never knew so much could happen to the bones. It was very interesting."
-- a visitor, April 2002

"This exhibit is phenomenal! The artwork is beautiful and awe-inspiring. Learning of the inspirations makes the experience that much more special."
-- a visitor, April 2002

"Great title! eMotions. Hi. I'm visiting from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. I made a special effort to see this exhibition. First, I broke my right ankle last summer and received excellent care/treatment from my orthopedic surgeon and I'm an art teacher at the middle school level. I enjoyed reading the scripts that informed the paintings/art works. Kindness, compassion, trust, were the major components that helped me recover and make it to DC for my spring break. As a teacher, I enjoyed how art is an extension of the healing process and a marriage with science. I gained many ideas to teach interdisciplinary with science and art! Great show."
-- a visitor, April 2002

"I really enjoyed it. It was some beloved artwork."
--a visitor, April 2002

"I'm a nurse who works on a surgical floor. I would like my ortho doctor to come and see this. It is most touching..., especially the three Korean women."
-- a visitor, April 2002

"The exhibit was very fun and exciting, especially the human body parts."
-- a visitor, April 2002

"This is why I'm not going to be a doctor."
-- a 14-year-old visitor, April 2002

"I like this, but I did not know that you can break your spine."
--a visitor, April 2002

"I enjoyed it very much. It is interesting and I learned a lot."
-- a visitor from southern California, April 2002

"I thought the human artifacts are very interesting. I also like learning about the history of the medical fields, doctors, surgeons, nurses, etc. I also like the addition of the artwork. Some of the pieces really capture the disease (scoliosis) and deformities of the bones. I think this is a very nice place for people to come to, to learn about medicine."
-- a visitor, March 2002

"My favorites are a toss-up between the artwork done by doctors and the medical artifacts."
-- a visitor, March 2002

"I think that the mummy is very scary looking."
--a visitor, March 2002

"Big Ups from Minneapolis...Better than the cow in my barn!"
-- a visitor, March 2002

"I liked the exhibit and would come back."
-- a visitor, March 2002

"It was cool and exciting."
-- an 11-year-old visitor, March 2002

"The artwork created by patients are a great addition to the exhibit because they express the feelings of patients who have endured some of these illnesses."
--a visitor, March 2002

"Very interesting. Loved it! Very helpful for learning!"
-- a visitor, March 2002

"This exhibit meant a lot to me. I enjoyed reading about their lives. It was very touching."
-- a visitor, March 2002

"This exhibit had a lot of meaning. These people weren't afraid to show their feelings. I was very touched."
-- a visitor, March 2002

"Deeply touching. I'm amazed at how people can take pain and translate it to something tactile and concrete."
--a visitor, March 2002

"It is an informative exhibit and is really cool."
-- a visitor, March 2002

"It touched my heart so dearly inside - I liked it. Seeing as I want to be a doctor, I was very excited to come here with my 8th grade peers. I'm glad I got the chance to see all of this!"
-- a visitor, March 2002

"Excellent interpretation of both the patient and the physician interpretation of disease and body image. Bravo."
-- CPT Sparling, M.D., March 2002

"Excellent show; the use of the little overlays to indicate body problem's location is great."
-- a docent from the National Gallery of Art, March 2002

"These exhibits display interesting things and artwork about the parts of the body."
--a visitor, March 2002

"It's neat how abstract and realistic it looks at the same time."
-- a visitor, March 2002