Individuals with a life -changing illness will collaborate with an artist to create a personally significant piece of artwork that will both reflect their experience and educate others about the impact and significance of this event. The piece will be a permanent testament to this courageous journey.

• Enhance psychological wellness through creative exploration.
  
  
• Educate the community at large to have a more sensitive and comprehensive understanding of what it means to have a life-changing illness.
  
  
• Provide a supportive, positive, life-affirming milieu, which facilitates creativity, creates connection, and decreases a sense of isolation.
  
  

• Creation of collaborative art work created jointly by artists and individuals with life-changing illness.
  
  
• Production of a documentary film depicting THE APHRODITE PROJECT.
  
  
• Presentation of the art, music, and film to the public in order to increase awareness and to educate about life-changing illness.
  
  
• Educate individuals who have experienced a life-changing illness about survivorship and how to transition into this period in a manner which will provide a sense of deep personal meaningfulness, and will provide the necessary skills for long-term, positive impact, despite the trauma experienced as a result of the cancer experience.