- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- John Stone: Heart
- Creator:
- Stone, John
- Contributor to Resource:
- Video by Darby Carl Sanders, New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Date of Original:
- 2002/2006
- Subject:
- Arts--Georgia
Culture - Location:
- United States, Georgia, DeKalb County, 33.77153, -84.22641
- Type:
- Moving Image
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- In all of us there is both a metaphorical heart and a physical heart, explains the poet and physician John Stone.
Video recording of author and physician John Stone speaking about the human heart, both the physical heart and the metaphoric heart. Wearing suspenders and a tie, he faces forward. Eyeglasses hang around his neck. He begins by referencing a book of essays he wrote entitled The Country of Hearts. He notes that the book explores issues surrounding his career as a cardiologist. Stone states that he admires the physical human heart very much, and that each person has two hearts: the "pump," and the metaphorical heart, which is the seat of the emotions. He declares his "veneration" for the metaphorical heart. He discusses the mortality that accompanies the beating of the human heart, as once it ceases to beat, so does life. He cites the Hippocrates quote "ars longa, vita brevis" (art is long, life is short). Stone finally states that both the cardiologist and the poet know that life is short, but the poet hopes that he can create art that will last.
A poet, essayist, cardiologist, and lecturer, John Henry Stone is a former professor of medicine, associate dean, and director of admissions at the Emory University School of Medicine. A frequent contributor to the New York Times Magazine, Journal of the American Medical Association, and Discover, Stone has achieved popularity and success as a teacher and writer who explores the link between medicine and literature. Now retired, Stone was named Emory's best clinical professor three times and received awards from the Georgia Writers Association, the Council of Authors and Journalists, and the Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters. He was inducted into the Georgia Writers Hall of Fame in 2007. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/john-stone-1936-2008/heart_stone_t1/
- Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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