Art and Health Go Hand in Hand at MGH
By Jack Kiyonaga, Editor
“What do you want the art to say?” asked Dewitt Jones, longtime photographer and Molokai resident.
He gestured along the walls of Molokai General Hospital, adorned with huge canvases capturing May Days, Makahiki, rodeos: Molokai people and Molokai days gone by. These are just some of the estimated 120 photos decorating the hospital.
“When the nurses go away, it’s just the walls,” said Jones. “You feel very alone.”
Jones’ hope is that pictures of local people, places and scenes help those who enter and work at the hospital to feel more at peace.
“You come to a hospital.…
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