Catrina Cancer: A Terrible Beauty
By Alice Dudoich
February 3rd, 2016
After reading the book, "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks," my mother commented that some cancer cells look like pearls. After experiencing tongue cancer and 3 years later, breast cancer, this is what inspired me to make Catrina. I am very interested in the scientific aspects of cancer and this piece reflects that. You could say it is the anthropomorphism of cancer.
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