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Respira Flora

by Milani Patel

This piece came from, quite simply, my love of art and my love of medicine. It reflects the mirrored relationship between the human body and the natural world. One lobe of the lungs looks how it should, while the other blossoms into a garden, symbolizing how closely our health is tied to the environment. Our lungs rely on the oxygen produced by plants and trees, just as flora thrives on the carbon dioxide we breathe off. This exchange is not just biological, it’s beautiful. In a way, nature becomes both a form of art and a form of medicine. Through this piece, I wanted to explore how healing doesn’t just happen in clinics or hospitals, but also in the quiet balance between breath and bloom.

Artist: Milani Patel

 

Milani Patel is a first year medical student who continuously looks for new ways to combine my worlds of art and medicine. She grew up in Tampa, FL and has had an interest in the arts for all her life. Her love for medicine came a bit later when she found that science and innovation was where she saw her future career.