Hospital Room Transformation: A Story of Art and Reflection

The neurologist suggested the speaker needed to 'think things over,' and noticing their glazed look, she left. The speaker settled into the lone chair and watched the orderly. He took the snow scene down and put the calendar from the back wall in its place. He eyed that critically, took it down, and then reached into a large brown grocery bag. From his shopping bag emerged a Monet water-lily print. Up it went where the snow scene and the calendar had been. Out came two large Winslow Homer' seascapes. These he affixed to the wall beyond the foot of Bob's bed. Finally, he went to the wall on Bob's right side. Down came a black and white photo of San Francisco, and up went a color.