Reuben Cheatem is using his art to shed light on his cancer journey.
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“The question was always around how I would respond with my art,” Cheatem says. “And I didn't want to be too intentional about it, I wanted it to happen organically. And so I just continued to create throughout the whole process and everything kind of fell into place.”, which runs through May 29 at the Janette Kennedy Gallery, illustrates Cheatem’s journey to wellness over the last year and a half.
“I never reached the point where it was hard for me to reflect on it, because I feel like somehow I don't feel the memories,” Cheatem says. “It's like, I know what happened, and I can recount it, but I'm not down by recalling those memories. So it was more celebratory for me to be where I am now and recall those and be able to express those things and put them into my art, then it would be difficult to recall or feel what I went through.
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