Did you know that there’s a piece of artwork in the world inspired by The Big Whisper? It's this piece by artist Meg Forsyth, our Big Whisper(er) of the week. Her story and inspiration for it:
By happenstance, some years ago I encountered a palm reader that told me I have the mark of a healer—vertical lines on the Mound of Mercury—that plump little pillow of tissue below the pinky finger. Looking back on this, I have always imagined that if my life had taken a different path, I may have ended up as a surgeon. Grafting meshes, surgical enhancements, stimuli to different organs and structures of the body are deeply fascinating to me. The interventions we use on the body to improve it, heal it, or otherwise alter it have been in practice for millennia.....Continue reading here
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