Self-Reflection was an exhibit of artwork created by YSM staff, trainees, and faculty in response to an open call for submissions asking them to think about the following questions:
The exhibit was displayed in the area outside the medical library on the first floor of Sterling Hall of Medicine from February 2020 through December 2021.
Acrylic on canvas
Alfredo Arroyo, Postgraduate Associate, Department of Pharmacology; La Puente, CA
“These pieces are born from ideas I have when I sit down and reflect on myself. This first piece is a reflection of my art style. The piece borrows from the walls, skyline, and color of my home.”
Acrylic on canvas
Alfredo Arroyo, Postgraduate Associate, Department of Pharmacology; La Puente, CA
“These pieces are born from ideas I have when I sit down and reflect on myself... The second piece is a reflection of my culture. It holds a lot of history and reminds me of everything that has brought me to this time and this institution.”
Crewel Embroidery
Carmen Booth, DVM, PhD, Assistant Professor of Comparative Medicine; March Airforce Base, Riverside, CA
“I worked on this while in veterinary school and completed it just before Christmas break in 1991 right after getting married on the winter solstice. My mother-in-law, who passed in December 2018, offered to have it framed. When she gave it back to me, she commented on noticing the "J" being backwards and didn’t have me fix it. She loved and accepted me for who I was and it fit with my dyslexia and dysgraphia diagnosis. When I see this, it always reminds me of her and that it’s OK to be wired differently than other people. There are days when this is needed more than others working in academia.”
Digital Painting using Krita Software
Bryan Brown, MD, Medical Education Fellow, Internal Medicine; Merrik, NY
“As a primary care physician and educator, I am learning about the dissonances that exist between the values that set me on my path and the drives of the institution at large. In my field, the medicine often comes easier than the strength to bear witness to the misappropriation of resources, let alone the power to create change. All the while, our community hangs in the balance.”
Oil Pastel
Hyung Chun, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine and Pathology; Seoul, Korea
“As someone who has been mentored, as well as a mentor to others, this reflects what I feel is the crucial guidance during the course of education in medicine/science.”
Pastel, Permanently donated to Yale School of Medicine
Sophie Chung, ’19, YSM Student; Naperville, IL
“A self-portrait in the setting of being called honey, sweetie, young lady, and nurse rather than doctor.”