The Psychedelic Abstract

Sitting with the Medicine of Alex Carlbon

by Nils I. Palsson

There is a close and intricate relationship between medicine and art.

Medicine comes from the Latin mederi, meaning “to heal, cure,” and originally “to know the best course for” — from the root med- “to measure, consider, advise.”

Art comes from the Latin artem, meaning “skill or craft” — from the root ar- “to fit, join together,” as in the word arm.