Name/Title
Laguna Honda - Stephen Mays - Army Plane - 2019Description
Stephen Mays
“Army Plane”
Laguna Honda Hospital and Rehabilitation Center
Stephen was born in Philadelphia but has lived in Berkeley, New York, Japan and Indonesia. His wife was Japanese. Tragically his only child, a daughter, died at age five. The memory of her death had haunted him for decades and still gives him nightmares.
He likes to draw cartoons and caricatures, perhaps to lighten his spirit. The concept of “djiwa,” a word meaning “awareness of soul” in Indonesian, is very important to him. When asked about his career or working life, he responds simply, “spiritual exercise.”
ART WITH ELDERS
2019 27th Annual Art With Elders Exhibit
