‘And then again, I draw myself to the detail’

… Myself That I Remake

“I a lover of nature. I have to paint from within .... As I used to tell my students, anything I do must be of a caliber that will live after me. That is really my credo, even now,” said Lois Jones when she was in her 80s. During an artistic career that spanned more than 6 decades and continued until the end of her life, she sought excellence and a place in art history. When, in her early effor...

'You started something … then I continued by myself': a qualitative study of physical activity maintenance.

BACKGROUND Most mid-life and older adults are not achieving recommended physical activity (PA) targets and effective interventions are needed to increase and maintain PA long-term for health benefits. The Pedometer And Consultation Evaluation (PACE-UP) trial, a three-armed primary care pedometer-based walking intervention in those aged 45-75 years, demonstrated increased PA levels at 12 months....

I rhyme / To see myself, to set the darkness echoing1

“A a child, they could not keep me from wells,” wrote Seamus Heaney in his version of the Narcissus myth. “I loved the dark drop, the trapped sky, the smells / of waterweed, fungus and dank moss.” In countless versions, the ancient myth strikes a universal chord: person sees self, meets death. Ovid told of handsome Narcissus and Echo, the nymph who fell in love when she saw him “chasing frighte...

Here I Am, Despite Myself

As I sit down to write this abbreviated tale of my laboratory's research and my own professional journey, I'm struck by how things have turned out. I often will tell students who visit Fox Chase Cancer Center, where I've been a faculty member for 20 years, that a common Image 1. Glenn Rall.

How do I feel about myself?