Painting by Medical Student Naveed Shah and published in Annals of Internal Medicine Dec 23 2023.
Naveed Shah is a medical student at University of Toledo. Reader can derive their own interpretation, the painter did not explain any. Personally, I collect any heart painting (few in frames, but mostly digitally). The way I would look at it is that the heart is assigned more responsibility and properties than it actually is capable of. For example, does one in love with his/her heart or is it the brain’s function. The painting with its colors and superimposition of notes on it may reflect the volumes that poets and writers have penned on it. Jokingly, i call the heart a “dumb pump” that is subservient and responsive to the brain’s autonomic and limbic system and its vigorous and noticeable responses (palpitations, dil ki dhaRkan) put it in the focus. Other opinions are invited.
OTHER VIEWS:
” Beautiful painting! Great explanation Dr Karim. Heart is more than a pump:
;qbal Rumi and Bulle Shah have written extensively on heart.Iqbal says biggest decisions in life are taken by heart not brain ( akal), akal is coward “ Be khatr kud para ateshe Numrud mein Ishq Akal hey mehwe tamasha labe bam abhi”
(Aamir Hameed MD)
“Some of the crumpled pieces refer to Dante and Virgil’s epic story of fall from heavens into deep Of the earth and then climb back to the surface. Story of broken heart and its recreation, in my view.” Farrukh Malik MD.
Painting by Dr. Salman Arain as a graffiti on a Graffiti Wall in Miami. Florida.
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