Those of you that know me, will know about my long-standing obsession with the relationship between medicine and the arts. It's based on my belief that medicine is both a science and an art. My training in aesthetic surgery accentuated this realtionship for me.
I am so inspired by Leonardo Da Vinci because he demonstrated this relationship time and time again in his fascinating career as an anatomist, politician, sculptor, painter, athlete and architect. He holds a special place in my heart and that is why this blog is named after him.
I also enjoy art by Damien Hirst, Dr Von Hagen, Klimt, Tracey Emin and Andy Warhol. Most people have an almost oxymoronic relationship with their bodies in that they are the thing they know the best AND the least at the same time. These artists tackle this relationship.
Both Leonadro Da Vinci and Damien Hirst (What a genius!) feature highly in this exhibition. And I will be giving a lecture in English titled 'Medicine And The Art's: a doctors perspective'one of countless talks and seminars I have given on the subject.
The Flying Doctors office in Lagos, Nigeria doubles as a spa/aesthetic surgery clinic, designed completely by me to illustrate how important I think art is in medicine.
The Flying Doctors as you know runs as a social enterprise and are very involved in the worldwide social enterprise movement, particulary in the UK and India. I was on the social enterprise UK website today when I can across a gentleman called Sam Everington. He is a very sucessful friend and ambassador of social enterprise UK, he has been instrumental in the improvement of the standard of care received in East London through the Bromley By Bow centre.It serves thousands of people in East London with more than 100 community projects, a GP practice and social enterprises providing everything from landscape gardening to leadership classes.
Rather interestingly, he is a pilot, a doctor and a social entrepeneur who's waiting room doubles as an art gallery. Remind you of anybody???
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