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 theirappointments, 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, youwill 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.
2 comments:
Barbara, you are a wonderful person and a great artist. Thank you for your insights. My love goes out to you and all your family, and all the people in the waiting room.
xoxoxo
V
Thank you so much Verna, and thank you for your fabulous art and insights and support.
What a gift you are! Thank you.
XOXOXOXOXO Barbara
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