I was asked by
Americans for the Arts to brief invited Congressional staff on the work we do at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. American for the Arts has just released a
white paper on their National Initiative for Arts and Health in the Military. This was the roll-out for that paper. They asked me to talk about the therapeutic work I do at the
National Intrepid Center of Excellence (NICoE) as part of
National Endowment for the Arts programming. My role at NICoE is as the curriculum writer for their expressive (therapeutic) writing program and as the lead instructor for the creative writing program.
I went with a Ralph Lauren Polo blue pinstripe suit, white (double cuff and straight collar) shirt and Ferragamo tie featuring hedgehogs and apples. I added some spotted socks and Allen Edmonds Jefferson full brogues. I wore the 1950 Omega Seamaster gold-top cal 531 and some Florentine-style gold cufflinks I think I got at the Metropolitan Museum store a dozen or so years ago. A pretty conservative look, I suppose, but Congress is a pretty conservative place--even when we're talking about the arts.
