A Moment of Mindfulness © 2018 by Tilda Shalof

Noted author Tilda Shalof spent 28 years as an ICU nurse at Toronto General Hospital in Toronto. Over the years, she collected the discarded plastic medical packaging—including medicine caps, tube connectors, and vial lids, all of it sterile. At the suggestion of friend and artist Vanessa Herman-Landau, they used the plastic pieces to create this 4 ft. by 9 ft. mural, which is featured on AJN‘s May issue Art of Nursing page (click through to the PDF version for the best image).

The mosaic is made up of more than 10,000 pieces of plastic embedded in clear resin. Soon it will hang in the reception area of the newly created Office of the Patient Experience in the main lobby of Toronto General Hospital.

About the piece, Shalof has been quoted as saying that she remembers many patients she worked with and that her mural is “a way of saying goodbye to them after retiring from her position in ICU.” A more detailed description of the mural, with close-up views, can be found here.

For more on Shalof’s work, visit her website: www.nursetilda.com.