8. Apply the concept of 'witnessing' to the healer's role reflect on the difference between engagement and detachment.

Section 2 Exercise 4

You will be reading and discussing the following 2 poems, WH Auden's "Le musee des beaux arts," and Donald Hall's "Last Days." Both are examples of witnessing--one a 'negative' example, the other a 'positive' one.

Before you read the two poems, look at the Breughel painting on which Auden's poem is based. http://faculty.smu.edu/tmayo/icarus.htm Write a brief paragraph describing what you see.