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Art, Nature, and Medicine: A Discussion with Michael DeAgro and Edward Neal

2025-04-16T21:50:07-07:00August 1st, 2024|Cornerstone, Event|

With Dr. Edward Neal and Michael DeAgro

Art and the creative process are established upon basic processes of the natural world. In this 90 minute public discussion, Apricot Grove artist-in-residence Michael DeAgro and Apricot Grove Medical Director Dr. Edward Neal discuss the interrelationship between art, nature, and medicine, and investigate the important role art can play in medical practice.

Qiological Podcast: Nature in Medicine

2025-08-25T14:38:19-07:00June 25th, 2023|Audio, Podcast, Published Resources|

PODCAST

with Michael Max and Edward Neal

East Asian medicine is a nature based medicine. And nature… nature is weird, and mysterious. And as much as we like to come up with “Laws of Nature” they are more like approximations. Useful for sure. But you’re asking for trouble if you confuse the map with the territory. And with nature, the territory is always changing. How do you keep your senses open and unencumbered with habit and belief? How do you stay present to what your patient might need in this particular moment? How do you wisely use knowledge in such a way that it doesn’t become dogma?

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