Joan Miró is one of the most important artists of the Twentieth Century; his pieces adorn all the major museums. As it turns out, his greatest and most important works aren’t big, monumental pieces, like Picasso’s Guernica. No, his most important work is a small stack of twenty-three 15”x18” guaches on paper, called the Constellations Series. This series was the beginning of what we know today as his house style, his winning formula that made him world-famous. These pieces were not created during ideal conditions, to say the least. They were painted between 1939-41, while he and his family were on the road, living out of suitcases, fleeing Paris, fleeing the War. Somehow these less-than-ideal conditions raised his game, spurred him on to greatness. There’s a definite lesson here. Fair winds do not a great captain make. We dream of finding our own greatness one day, but we want it to happen when the sun is shining.
That’s not how it works.
They say a crisis is a good way of finding out who your real friends are. It’s also a good way of finding out who really matters in our society. And who matters these days more than nurses? Nobody.
Which is why this year, Nurses’ Week is different. This year it’s almost like the universe wanted us to take it a bit more seriously. They are our real heroes.
We created an E-book to honor them. Compared to what they're giving, it’s nothing, of course. But it’s our way of saying “Thank you, we appreciate you!” – please share it with the nurses in your life and let them know how grateful you are for what they do every day.