Crafting Connections: A Journey of Art and Medicine

Jacques Vesery, a celebrated artist and sculptor, and Minda Gold, a compassionate family physician bring a thoughtful and personal perspective to the question, 'what does good work mean to you'?

In this episode, they share their personal stories, diverse experiences, and the profound insights they've gained over 33 years of marriage.

As Jacques' hands bring wood to life and Minda tends to her patients personally through direct primary care, they explore the intersections of art and medicine, the pursuit of fulfillment, and the importance of living your values, even when it doesn't receive recognition.  Together, they'll inspire you to embrace creativity, prioritize nature, and connect with the threads that bind us all.

Key Takeaways:

1. Explore the challenges and rewards of balancing artistry with the demands of medicine and the importance of staying true to one's vision.
2. Gain insights into the power of collaboration, building supportive communities, and the impact of art on connecting people across cultures.
3. Learn about the direct primary care movement and how it is changing the way doctors are able to care for their patients.   
4. Embrace the significance of slowing down and reconnecting with nature.
5. Creating art with integrity, and finding fulfillment in throughout life's twists and turns.

Resources Mentioned:

• Jacques Vesery Art
• New England Direct Primary Care Association
• The Peace Gallery

About Minda: 

Minda, a dedicated family physician, champions the benefits of the direct primary care movement. Direct Primary Care doctors actually spend time with their patients, with standard appointment lengths ranging from thirty minutes to an hour or more.  DPC takes out the middleman, cuts through the layers of bureaucratic complexity and provides good, old-fashioned customer service — it is the best of old fashioned medicine in modern times  Minda has navigated a diverse range of experiences, from marine biology to the evolution of how she chooses to practice medicine.   Minda lives and practices in Damariscotta, Maine, USA.

About Jacques:

Jacques Vesery is an Artist/ Sculptor from Damariscotta and has lived in Maine for over 25 years. Striving to create an illusion of reality, his vision and inspiration begins with repetitive patterns derived from the 'golden mean' or 'divine proportions'. The marriage of pattern, form and proportion conveys a sense of
growth from within each of his pieces.  His work is in numerous public and private collections including
the Detroit Institute of Art, The Renwick Gallery-Smithsonian American Art Museum, Yale University Art Gallery, Peabody-Essex Museum, The Carnegie Museum and Permanent Museum collections in France, Turkey and Japan. 

He has participated in many collaborative art projects around the world and was lead artist for two such events, “The Kopru Project” in Eskisehir, Turkey 2015 and “Brick by Brick” in Nepal 2016. Jacques recently taught “Collaboration” at Harvard University for the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences for
two semesters as well. His work has been included in over 30 publications including '100 Artists of New England’, 'Scratching the Surface', 'Wood Art Today', 'Natured Transformed’, 'New Masters of Woodturning’
and the Fine Art of Wood’.