More from the hospital -- waiting

Trying to sleep

Black marker on Moleskine paper

8 x 10 inches

Barbara Muir © 2017

Sitting in a hospital watching people waiting to go into their
appointments, so many things circle through my mind.
Many of the procedures are painful, and some people come
in in pain, and leave in worse pain.  Strangers don't talk
to one another, like people do at bus stops.  Each patient
and the patient's family, or partner, settles in a separate zone if
possible -- with spaces in between of at least one seat.
I spend the waiting time drawing --sometimes with only seconds
to get a face down.

Not much longer

Black marker on Moleskine paper

8 x 10 inches

Barbara Muir © 2017

Thank goodness you are here

Black marker on Moleskine paper

8 x 10 inches

Barbara Muir © 2017

Is it my turn?

Black marker on Moleskine paper

8 x 10 inches

Barbara Muir © 2017

No not yet

Black marker on Moleskine paper

8 x 10 inches

Barbara Muir © 2017

Not my first time

Black marker on Moleskine paper

8 x 10 inches

Barbara Muir © 2017

If you are going back week after week on the same day, you
will see the same people again and again, and still no one
acknowledges one another.  There is a silent agreement
among the patients that they are simply enduring this time,
and the sooner it is over and done with the better.  I do
feel for everyone there and wish them perfect health -- soon.
And I am so glad for everyone I've drawn here that healthcare
in Canada is free.

Have a taking-care-of-one-another day.