In Search of the Unit
.. and its
Connections to
Other Units
A Mission for Visual Games in Medicine, and Art
🎯 Our Mission
The aim of The Common Vein — and its extension, Visual Games — is to promote understanding and education through the power of curiosity, images, and imagery.
By engaging the visual mind, we ignite deeper thinking, stronger memory, and more meaningful connection — in medicine, in art, and in life.
Our mission is to inspire exploration, sharpen perception, and cultivate unity by teaching how to see, think, and understand through the language of images.
At the heart of The Common Vein lies a simple yet powerful philosophy:
AKA Units to UInity
- Many units
- working in harmony can form a
- greater whole.
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🏥 Our Mission in Medicine
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Find the units and its connections and decide
Thumbs Up, Thumbs Down or Somewhere in Between
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In Health
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When unity is achieved,
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we experience a “thumbs up.”
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In Disease and Disorder
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When the unit or its connections breaks down,
we face a “thumbs down” or- somewhere in between.
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Our goal in Medicine
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is to search for the unit or units that disrupt this harmony
and, when possible, to work as a team
to bring the system back toward unity.
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Normal and Emphysema
The imaging difference between healthy lungs (thumbs up) and emphysematous lungs (thumbs down)
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key words emphysema, CTscan cigarettes smokingThese are the foundation principles of
Visual Games as well
🎨 Our Mission in Art and Sculpture
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is to
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Search for the
Unit -
and Its Connections
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with Other Defined
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Units in
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Art and Sculpture
in order to
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Reveal the
Artists
Story or
Intent to portray a
Message or
Symbolism or
to Inspire an
Emotion
or Meaning
The Artists Method is to
Create Units within the
Art Piece and
Connect them with
Other Units
resulting in a final
Greater Whole.
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These are the
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foundation principles of
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Visual Games and
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The Common Vein
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as they relate to art and visual cultures.
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🔍 In Medicine:
The Search is for the
“Disruptive Unit” that is leading to
Dysunity
In medical imaging, the units are the body’s components:
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Molecules
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Cells
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Tissues
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Organs
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Systems
- Our role is to observe these parts and
- identify the unit that disrupts unity —
- the lesion, the abnormality, the disease.
- We work as a team
- to move the system (body)
- back toward
- thumbs up —
- toward healing and wholeness.
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In Art and Sculpture,
the units are:
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Brushstrokes
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Shapes
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Figures
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Colors
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Symbols
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We observe and engage with these units to appreciate their
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aesthetics,
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symbolism, or
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emotional intent.
Our goal is
to understand
create meaning —
to tell a story or
evoke a feeling.
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- Through Visual Games,
- we train the
- eye, the
- brain, and the
- soul to
- search for what matters most —
- the final unit that
- holds the key to
- truth,
- beauty,
- health, and
- harmony.
🌐 The Common Thread
Despite their differences,
Medicine and the Arts
share a Universal structure
in
Observation with Intent:
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Both are composed of units
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Both strive to create unity
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Both require curiosity intention, perception, and
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Both begin with intentional observation,
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follow a pattern, and
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llead to comprehension
And both share the journey:
“In Search of the Unit” —
whether to diagnose a disruption or to reveal beauty and truth.
🔍 The Difference
Medicine | Art |
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The search is diagnostic | The search is interpretive |
Goal: identify the disruptive unit | Goal: identify the expressive or symbolic unit |
Aim: restore health, restore harmony | Aim: reveal meaning, evoke emotion |
✨ Conclusion: The Cultural Mission
As a culture — in medicine, art, and beyond —
our collective mission is to move more experiences toward thumbs up.
- Visual Games trains the
- eye, the brain, and the soul
to search for- what matters most —
- the unit that holds the key to
- truth, dishonesty
- beauty, ugliness
- health and unity
- disease and dysunity.
- eye, the brain, and the soul