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Twist Out Cancer

From Diagnosis to Canvas: How Brushes With Cancer Uses Art to Bring Strength and Healing to Cancer Journeys

Art has the power to transcend words, offering solace, connection, and even healing. For those facing cancer, creativity can become a lifeline — a way to process the unthinkable, reclaim identity, and find hope in unexpected places. Twist Out Cancer is a global community that provides psychological support to those touched by cancer through creative […]

Brushes With Cancer 2025
by Claire Zulkey
March 8, 2025

Twist Out Cancer Expands Programming Accessibility to Reach More Individuals Touched By Cancer

When I was diagnosed with gray zone lymphoma at 29 years old, I craved connection and missed my body’s ability to move the way it did before diagnosis. So, I focused on what I could do, and I could still do The Twist. Wanting to connect with and be seen by others, I uploaded a […]

by Jenna Benn Shersher
October 20, 2023
art therapy: Brushes with Cancer, Melinda Deuster and Elisa Boughner

Twist Out Cancer Exhibition Demonstrates the Healing Properties of Art Therapy

Art heals. Its potent magical powers can lift the darkest of clouds, stimulate a world of memories, and bring levity to those who need it most. “Color provokes a psychic vibration. Color hides a power still unknown but real, which acts on every part of the human body,” Wassily Kandinsky once said. Decades of research prove […]

by Emily Stone
October 9, 2018
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