The Gifts of the Body the patients and the caregiver. The book contains ten short stories, the titles of each being associated with "gifts" which are various functions of the body, both physical and emotional: sweat, wholeness, tears, skin, hunger, mobility, death, speech, sight, hope, and mourning. The caregiver experiences each "gift", as he/she deals with patients who have AIDS, showing the different shared relationships in each case. Each patient is a distinct case, differing in terms of age, financial situation, attitude toward the illness etc., showing the reader that this disease affects all types of people. The book is written in the "no-frills style"
Don Ritter (artist) Don Ritter (artist) Don Ritter (1959) is a Canadian artist known for his interactive electronic installation works. Don Ritter was born in 1959 in Camrose, Alberta. He is a professor in the School of Creative Media at the City University of Hong Kong. Ritter studied electronics engineering at The Northern Alberta Institute of Technology, fine arts and psychology at the University of Waterloo, and visual studies at MIT's Center for Advanced Visual Studies and the MIT Media Lab. Ritter's work brings together computers, sensors, and the human body to create interactive experiences for audiences. Ritter has said that "the experience