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Jon Nicholls's avatar

I've been thinking about this sequence of posts. Such a carefully constructed and elegant argument. I wonder though about the selection of minimalist artists. Judd et al represent a fairly heroic coterie of American minimalists. With the exception of Agnes Martin, their materials tend towards the industrial and manufactured. I wonder if a group like Arte Povera (from Italy) or Mono Ha (from Japan) might be more in keeping with your ideas regarding healthcare. Just a thought.

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Dave Nicholls's avatar

Oh, that's fantastic thanks Jon. I'll check those out. Always keen on a new discovery. Arte Povera I knew of, but not Mono Ha.

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Jon Nicholls's avatar

Mona Ha means roughly School of Things. My favourite avant garde art collective.

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César Niño's avatar

Pensé en el poder pastoral de Foucault, en la ignorancia arrogante de Boaventura de Sousa Santos y la falta de resonancia de Harmut Rosa.

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Jon Nicholls's avatar

“The motive to change is always some uneasiness; nothing setting us upon the change of state, or upon any new action, but some uneasiness.”

— Donald Judd, ‘Specific Objects’, 1964

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Clem's avatar

Probably my favourite pardoxa post so far ! Thanks Dave

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Cathy Chapple's avatar

I love this idea of therapeutic minimalism. Remembering it is not about us as amazing physios, it’s about what what the patient needs. I recently had two participants on a clinical trial for people with knee osteoarthritis. They were both very busy and already exercising to a high level at different gyms- even with their chronic knee pain. However, they were largely compensating for quads weakness by doing closed chain type of exercise. My only contribution was to teach them an isometric isolated quads contraction, and convince them to do it regularly to fatigue. Helped them both - to their surprise. Not a theraband or weights machine in sight. The isometric quads contraction - a thing of beauty!!!

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Rico's avatar

Thanks for this! I have a recently knackered knee, and I suspect that this may be the issue. I'm currently looking up isometric quads contraction!

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