I emceed Stanford's second annual Arts and Anesthesia Soiree. It was a wonderfully fun evening celebrating the diversity, depth, and breadth of the arts and humanities within the department. Seeing everyone gather as a community was important to me; we met significant others, family members, and children of the people we work with every day. We interacted with members of the department we see rarely, involved researchers, technicians, staff, and anesthesiologists.
Art is such an important part of life. In a profession, culture, society, and world that focuses so much on science and technology, we have to recognize the things that give us beauty, meaning, and wonder. These things give us pause. They move us. Yet we can go weeks, months through our daily bustle without seeing, listening, appreciating. This is why I felt organizing such an event was so important.
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