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ARTIST:     Ronni Komarow
TITLE:        I run, I become 1
MEDIUM:   Monotype w/ collage, 16” x 20”, unframed

This original artwork was created for Art on Science: 26 études an internattional portfolio featuring pictures by artists and words by scientists. This written commentary is by Gail Monaghan, Physiology of Running Department at Spaulding Hospital, Boston:
 
My field of study is the analysis of human motion. I am a physical therapist and I treat many runners. I have also studied human locomotion in a research laboratory. I am a teacher of motion not only in the clinic but also in schools of physical therapy.
 
My immediate associations with this runner are her running mechanics. I am looking at the length of the runner’s stride and which part of her foot contacts the ground. I am wondering why the chin of the runner is pointed up and that it could be potentially injurious to her neck. Mostly I am thinking of the cyclic nature of running and how the stride depicted repeats itself constrained within the laws of the mechanics, but for every individual the movement pattern is unique. The curled shaped strokes of paint throughout the picture evoke the spring-like motion of running, reminding me that the mechanics of running can be modeled by a spring.
 
Being first and foremost a clinician, the world I live in is both creative and scientific. After many years it is the integration of the artistic and the scientific that makes the job new every day. When envisioning a treatment plan for a patient I am analyzing the mechanics of their movement but also absorbing their aspirations, how that movement pattern or lack there of will impact the quality of their life. Treating patients is very much like the artistic process, there are many iterations of attempts at improving function. 

When working as a scientist in research, the process is more constrained, we are interested in the relationship of just a few variables. The constraints are set as limits in the subjects included, the environment they are tested in and, if applicable, the treatment intervention. The scientific process is like the artistic process in creating the constraints and choosing the design of the study, this occurs at the beginning of the study and then in planning next steps after the results have been analyzed and discussed.

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All artworks are 16” x 20”, unframed and will be shipped with a printed copy of the scientist’s text.

For further information about the portfolio, please visit our Art on Science: 26 études website: http://AS26project.com