Sunday, December 18, 2011

Looking Up

Although I haven't gotten to the actual construction yet, I have been thinking about the next challenge.  I find it interesting that this challenge also easily relates to a body part that has been affecting me- my eyes!

I had cataract surgery about four years ago, and recently had to undergo a simple laser procedure to take care of a fairly common aftereffect- the sac that holds the lens also goes opaque.  I'd been noticing that my vision was getting more and more blurry, and even my glasses couldn't take care of it.  My contact only  made it worse- blurry vision looking through water!  I was relieved to find that it can be fixed fairly simply, and also to learn that the vision in my other eye had actually gotten less nearsighted.  So now I am back to glasses only, but I don't need to use them all the time, only when distance vision is important- like driving!

So I am thinking about how to portray this in my piece, hopefully without being too literal.  We shall see how successful I am.  I had so much fun with the mixed media approach last time, I will probably go there again.  Love playing with all those gel mediums and paints!

7 comments:

  1. My Mom had the same surgery. She hadn't noticed her 1 eye getting blurry but the doc found it. You will feel so much better! Look forward to seeing your piece.

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  2. Good on you, beverly. I am having a lot of fun with mixed media too
    I had been thinking along the same lines, but have moved elsewhere, a bit farther from home, or maybe a lot, depends on how you look at it

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  3. I’m glad they could fix your eye Beverly! So you are referring to look up as in an improved quality of your eye-sight? That’s a part I didn’t explore yet.

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  4. The direction that it looks like your heading in Beverly sounds intriguing. Looking forward to seeing where you take this and perhaps a bit of your process too.

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  5. That opens another whole avenue to explore the possibilities! Good luck with your explorations, Beverly! So glad that all you needed was a simple laser surgery, and that your eyesight is now "looking up"!

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  6. Glad things are looking up! I am so stumped with this theme!

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  7. Glad your eyes are looking up! Looking forward to seeing more of your mixed media explorations.

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