mama's

always right.

sometimes

you think you're headed down one rabbit hole and then life says, nope, here's an entirely different and much deeper rabbit hole. enjoy!

Painting after Right-Hemisphere Stroke –Case Studies of Professional Artists 

A GRANDFATHER who suffered a life-changing stroke has amazed family and friends with his artistic talent.

Art Appreciation Boosts Stroke Recovery, Study Suggests

and the artists are equally intriguing:

"I'm Helping" by Tesi Sanchez-Halpert

"Leo the Lion"

"SueSally Rides Again" 

Tesi Sanchez-Halpert: a stroke survivor's story. Sanchez-Halpert of Moorpark, CA is a stroke survivor who shares her story to help others…(more here)

Pink Lilles and the Mood IV

18x24, limited edition giclee

Gary E. Bachers

Glorious Orchids #8

18x18, limited edition giclee

Gary E. Bachers: silent conversatios

Gary E. Bachers never planned to become a visual artist.  He was a popular family practice physician in northeast Texas, where he lived with his wife and three children after moving from Winnipeg, Canada, in 1977.  In 1987, at the age of 38, he suffered a debilitating stroke that forced him to retire from medicine.  The stroke robbed him of the ability to speak or produce conventional language (a condition called expressive aphasia), and he also lost the use of the right side of his body. (more here)

and it goes on and on longer than I have right now.  

floored.

trees spiraling making music?!?!

"This is an excerpt from the record Years, created by Bartholomäus Traubeck, which features seven recordings from different Austrian trees including Oak, Maple, Walnut, and Beech. What you are hearing is an Ash tree’s year ring data. Every tree sounds vastly unique due to varying characteristics of the rings, such as strength, thickness and rate of growth.

Keep in mind that the tree rings are being translated into the language of music, rather than sounding musical in and of themselves." (more here)

not like gary

this goes over in the "is it ok?" column where this clip below has been living:

Tupac hologram live at Coachella 2012 from Ampm Films on Vimeo.

2:35 and 4:40 are the key problems if you want to save yourself time and skip some language.  it is tupac, guys.

"Tumor and Temple" (2012)

"The purpose of my art is to call attention to our distorted perceptions of individual experiences...In Tumor Hive, a room-sized arc form of cloth in pinks and reds interprets the enormous emotional impact of an excised lump of cells gone amok. I share the experience of illness, but with bold shapes and visceral colors that draw in the viewer. Temple Hive, a large sculpture which viewers are meant to spend time in, is an idealization of the act of building a blanket fort in childhood. The work becomes a monument to a lost act and invites the audience to participate in the idea. They share in a moment of childhood interpreted with the skill of adulthood..." Monica Vidal

Ronit Baranga

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