Why does the eye see a thing more clearly in dreams than the imagination when awake?
- Leonardo da Vinci
My Art
I have enjoyed doing art ever since I was a kid. It has been an outlet to get out thoughts that cannot otherwise be expressed either through text or speech. Sometimes, there are no words to convey what's in our complicated brains. Some of my art has intense and sometimes private meaning for me.
From another perspective, doing art has been extremely healing for me. Both in terms of being calm and in the moment, a type meditation, and a way to surprise myself bringing thoughts from my unconscious to paper and canvas. Three pieces in the 2021 International Magazine, Brilliance. Brilliance (My work is on pages 94-95, 104-105, 144-145) Three pieces in the 2022 International Magazine, Brilliance. Brilliance (My work is on pages 32-33, 62-63, 88-89) The video I created linked to our 2017 art show from participants of the brain tumour community (patients, family, caregivers) Art Show Please enjoy a collection of my art pieces here. http://yaronart.weebly.com/ Here is a small collection of cartoon panels I created. Brain Cells |
Perspective of Mind
This acrylic painting conveys my GBM brain cancer experience since my diagnosis in 2004. Treatment was hard—radiation to the brain as shown emanating from the double sun, chemotherapy indicated from the bottle of pills. I experienced much fatigue and “brain fog” as shown by the cloud through a portion of the brain where the tumour was. But the tumour is gone, leaving a gap in my brain to fill with good things and happy moments in life. The brain doesn’t float in the air on its own—I had much support during treatment and ever since giving me strength to stand up and beat the cancer.
During treatment, I had a dream of an elephant that told me everything would be ok. In the Talmud, it is stated that someone who dreams of an elephant, good things will happen to him. At the very least, it gave me the confidence that I would be ok. My daughter is holding my hand as we look back at what my brain was. The double sun is also a symbol of the fact that the radiation led to an element of double vision due to damage to a cranial nerve. One sun is larger than the other, also indicating myself and my daughter. She is the biggest reason I intend to make sure the cancer never comes back. |
Steven's Garden
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Please enjoy a collection of my art pieces here:
http://yaronart.weebly.com/
http://yaronart.weebly.com/