IT is Friday and Julie has spent the last twelve hours both in the hospital ER and in a room with a view. The view is of the parking lot, but a view nonetheless.
The ventricular arterial shunt has been causing Julie problems and she is facing a revision soon after the neurosurgeon on-call finishes up with a surgery. The Physician Assistant, a pleasant man in his early middle years, finished with his assessment this last hour. Julie's headache is manageable with Fentanyl and other pain medications. It would be a stretch to say she is resting comfortably, but she is tolerating this newest ordeal with her usual perseverance.
Her blanket brought with her by ambulance from the manor is at home in the wash. Gene will bring it later today. My red pillow and iPad and phone are close at hand. Julie rests, or feigns rest, and waits.
Friday, February 26, 2016
Thursday, February 25, 2016
Preparing for Lent
Shamelessly reproduced here from one of my favorite bloggers:
British Library - Arundel 108 fol-10v Detail The Empty Tomb - The Resurrection
A previously published pen and ink drawing (icon) of the Beggar Christ and Vincent de Paul by Meltem Aktas caught my attention. A copy of her work is displayed in the meditation room at St. Mary’s Hospital Pavilion (oncology clinic) in Grand Junction, CO. It certainly gave me pause after studying this icon and reading the poem associated with the drawing.
On the back of this framed illustration is a poem written by Jennifer Gordon for the 10th anniversary of Colorado Vincentian Volunteers that explains Aktas' rationale for creating this piece of art:
Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, had bought sweet spices, that they might come and anoint him. And very early in the morning the first day of the week, they came unto the sepulchre at the rising of the sun. And they said among themselves, Who shall roll us away the stone from the door of the sepulchre? And when they looked, they saw that the stone was rolled away: for it was very great. And entering into the sepulchre, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, clothed in a long white garment; and they were afraid. And he saith unto them, Be not afraid: Ye seek Jesus of Nazareth, which was crucified: he is arisen; he is not here: behold the place where they laid him. But go your way, tell his disciples and Peter that he goeth before you into Galilee: there shall ye see him, as he said unto you. (Mark Chapter 16)
A previously published pen and ink drawing (icon) of the Beggar Christ and Vincent de Paul by Meltem Aktas caught my attention. A copy of her work is displayed in the meditation room at St. Mary’s Hospital Pavilion (oncology clinic) in Grand Junction, CO. It certainly gave me pause after studying this icon and reading the poem associated with the drawing.
On the back of this framed illustration is a poem written by Jennifer Gordon for the 10th anniversary of Colorado Vincentian Volunteers that explains Aktas' rationale for creating this piece of art:
In unfamiliar streets I wander laden
With a loaf so full
That surely there will be enough for all.
In the same streets we meet.
I see your clothes, Your eyes, and think, “Aha!
Here is one who needs me.”
With a smile I hope is warm
I offer you bread
Only to know that the piece you give me
Is exactly what I did not know I needed.
(my rendition in watercolor: 5" x 7")
Friday, February 19, 2016
Yesteday: A Rainbow and Brush & Palette Meeting
A rainbow seen from the patio:
Gary Hauschulz, talented and determined artist, provided B&P its February meeting demonstration. Interspersed with some of his favorite cartoons, Hauschulz emphasized a quirky sense of himself as a maker of art.
Speaking of quirkiness and nonconformity, Hauschulz took home the Colorado Wine Fest 2012 poster prize, one he painted with Colorado wine.
He urged everyone to pursue passion with passion. There’s a time to scribble, a time for perspective, a time to get real, and a time to become yourself. He says there is then a “time to move on.” Gary used the hours of a clock to lead participants through the natural stages of artistic development, including the tough times when most people quit, but artists continue on.
Participants were led through the face of the clock, crayons in hand, symbolizing personal growth at each stage from babyhood (one o'clock on the face of the clock) into adulthood (eleven o'clock), with guided imagery at each hour. Participants were challenged to go beyond their perceived limits in art:slides of Pollack and others' abstract art were displayed. They pushed through their limits. So can YOU!
Linda won the Mini Show and pocketed ten dollars for her score.
And Brush and Palette met:
Gary Hauschulz, talented and determined artist, provided B&P its February meeting demonstration. Interspersed with some of his favorite cartoons, Hauschulz emphasized a quirky sense of himself as a maker of art.
Speaking of quirkiness and nonconformity, Hauschulz took home the Colorado Wine Fest 2012 poster prize, one he painted with Colorado wine.
He urged everyone to pursue passion with passion. There’s a time to scribble, a time for perspective, a time to get real, and a time to become yourself. He says there is then a “time to move on.” Gary used the hours of a clock to lead participants through the natural stages of artistic development, including the tough times when most people quit, but artists continue on.
Participants were led through the face of the clock, crayons in hand, symbolizing personal growth at each stage from babyhood (one o'clock on the face of the clock) into adulthood (eleven o'clock), with guided imagery at each hour. Participants were challenged to go beyond their perceived limits in art:slides of Pollack and others' abstract art were displayed. They pushed through their limits. So can YOU!
Linda won the Mini Show and pocketed ten dollars for her score.
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