Cancer survivor: A message of hope through art

[Rosa_M]

Read the article by Shirley Bianca, a cancer survivor:

"I was born in 1941 in the Netherlands, and in the 1960s I moved to Cologne in Germany.
In the year 2000, I was diagnosed with breast cancer. I was fortunate to be referred to a highly qualified oncoplastic surgeon in Düsseldorf who performed breast conserving surgery with partial reconstruction. After chemotherapy and radiation, while spending the winter months in the state of Florida in the USA, I started to think about unlocking my creative potential to find ways to heal emotionally. I spontaneously decided to buy paint, brushes, and canvases. This was the beginning of happy feelings — emotional healing — which I then expressed with passion on my canvases. It was very exciting because I had never painted before."

You can read the rest of the article here on p23, plus a video of hope at the end of the article:

https://reachtorecoveryinternational.or ... inalV2.pdf