"ANDREA HAS CHOSEN tO FOCUS ON THE POSITIVE THAT CAME FROM HER HEALTH CHALLENGE. HER TEARS HAVE PROVIDED
STRENGTH AND NOURISHMENT TO HERSELF AND OTHERS AS SHE HAS come to know herself as a SURVIVOR.”
-- DR. BERNIE SIEGEL, internationally-recognized pediatric surgeon known for his philosophy on the relationship between the patient and the healing process and best-selling author of Love, Medicine and Miracles
"Is there any higher or deeper art than transforming
pain and suffering into beauty, inspiration, and solace?
This is what Andrea Malinsky Mason has done with her
words and images in the creation of Chemical Butterfly."
— Marianne Maili, Ph.D., 2012 Poet-in-Residence,
University of Dubuque and author of Lucy, go see.
"Is there any higher or deeper art than transforming
pain and suffering into beauty, inspiration, and solace?
This is what Andrea Malinsky Mason has done with her
words and images in the creation of Chemical Butterfly."
— Marianne Maili, Ph.D., 2012 Poet-in-Residence,
University of Dubuque and author of Lucy, go see.
"CHEMICAL BUTTERFLY IS A COMPELLING PIECE OF WORK THAT beautifully Individualizes Andrea's experienceS with HER illness."
— Dr. Lillian Saavedra, MD
"Andrea Malinsky Mason is an articulate and
brave writer, drawing on her own tough experiences to
lift up herself and her readers with her words."
— Jo Ely, author of Stone Seeds and contributing editor to
The Woven Tale Press
"The journey behind Malinsky Mason's poetry is powerful
and her words impale with hard-hitting language, much
like cancer does to human cells. Her artwork is equally assertive, in particular the collage titled 'Hospital Gown,' which says, 'I’ve walked through fire and will never be
the same' without using a single word, haunts with the
damage that comes from cancer, and speaks volumes of
the dehumanization a serious illness can cause."
-- HEIDI ZULL, PROFESSOR OF SOCIOLOGY AND RESEARCH WRITING,
UNIVERSITY OF DUBUQUE AND MODERATOR OF THE DUBUQUE AREA WRITERS GUILD
and her words impale with hard-hitting language, much
like cancer does to human cells. Her artwork is equally assertive, in particular the collage titled 'Hospital Gown,' which says, 'I’ve walked through fire and will never be
the same' without using a single word, haunts with the
damage that comes from cancer, and speaks volumes of
the dehumanization a serious illness can cause."
-- HEIDI ZULL, PROFESSOR OF SOCIOLOGY AND RESEARCH WRITING,
UNIVERSITY OF DUBUQUE AND MODERATOR OF THE DUBUQUE AREA WRITERS GUILD
“chemical butterfly is inspiring, proving the healing power of
the human spirit and the resiliency of the human soul.”
— Linda Hunter, author of The Healthy Home