July 01, 2011

Med Student's grades suffered when he did not draw

Martin Wilner, psychiatrist, child of holocaust survivors

“Having drawn since childhood, Wilner initially felt pressed to give up art during medical school. In doing so, his grades plummeted so severely that he nearly failed anatomy. Once he began drawing again, he excelled academically.”

source: “Drawing from Life, the Journal as Art” by Jennifer New, pg 49



Darwin - research data foundered without drawings.

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