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E11, Pt1: Close observation, empathy and compassion with Bonnie Pitman, Director of Art-Brain Innovation at UT Dallas Center for BrainHealth
E11, Pt1: Close observation, empathy and compassion with Bonnie Pitman, Director of Art-Brain Innovation at UT Dallas Center for BrainHealth
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Length:
33 minutes
Released:
Nov 10, 2023
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Podcast episode
Description
How does close observation lead to empathy and compassion? This week, we’re honored to hear from Bonnie Pitman, a national leader in education and the public engagement of art, who has been a thinker and a doer on the bleeding edge of arts education and engagement for 40 years. After a long career in art museums, Bonnie is now working on ways to cultivate empathy and compassion through viewing art. Her Power of Observation Framework™ was developed in part to guide medical students using a process of close observation leading to a sustainable practice of empathy and compassion for patients. In this episode we hear multiple examples of how the Framework may be applied, as well as its uses in museum spaces. Through this work, Bonnie has also created a daily practice to "Do Something New", which invites the exploration and celebration of making an ordinary day extraordinary while dealing with her own chronic illness.
Released:
Nov 10, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (17)
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