Dear Diary
Excerpts from prescription receipts, clinical trials, insurance forms, hospital bills, etc. adorn this abstract head as reminder of the myriad of words assaulting patients during cancer treatment. Treatment dates at MGH are hand-stitched on the linen pillow case, made from a discarded skirt which no longer fit. Unrecognized at the time, the bloated waistline that made the skirt too tight was a symptom of the progressing ovarian cancer. While the embroidered dates end at the time the sculpture was completed, the appointments continue.
18” x 22” - pine, paper, linen, down/feather pillow
©2000, John Magnan