trans·form   

 



v. trans·formed, trans·form·ing, trans·forms
v. tr.
    1       To change markedly the appearance or form of: “A thick, fibrous fog had transformed the trees into ghosts and the streetlights into soft, haloed moons” (David Michael Kaplan).
    2      To change the nature, function, or condition of; convert.
    3      Mathematics. To subject to a transformation.
    4      Electricity. To subject to the action of a transformer.
    5      Genetics. To subject (a cell) to transformation.

v. intr.
 To undergo a transformation.

n. (trnsfôrm)
 The result, especially a mathematical quantity or linguistic construction, of a transformation

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Transform is an ongoing project for me and may continue to grow as long as I live. I have taken the plaster castings of my tumor and have begun destroying them in various manners. I document the actions taken to "transform" my cancer into rubble (smashing it against a wall, running over it with a car, throwing it off a bridge into water). It has been used in art therapy, the act of manifesting your illness or issue in a physical form and then destroying it. I must say it is highly satisfying .

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