{"id":12596,"date":"2016-08-08T14:07:04","date_gmt":"2016-08-08T20:07:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/daveonline.net\/thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/?p=12596"},"modified":"2016-08-08T14:09:50","modified_gmt":"2016-08-08T20:09:50","slug":"sprucing-up-the-place","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/sprucing-up-the-place\/","title":{"rendered":"Sprucing Up the Place"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"alev<\/a>I’m sorry I am a bit late getting this out today. I have, unfortunately been spending a lot of time at the hospital where my mom is laid up with a fracture of the\u00a0spine and also at the family home where my dear father is valiantly fighting the vagaries of dementia made more difficult by my mother’s absence. So this week my timing might be off but we’ll get everything done as needed including sending out beautiful things to admire every other day.<\/p>\n

I do wish hospitals had a bit more color, don’t you? The care my mother is getting is absolutely wonderful but there is nothing on the walls anywhere but the lobby at this hospital. I was thinking some wonderfully colorful polymer art would be just the thing so I thought I’d just ponder what might really spruce such a place up. This intriguing piece by Alev Gozonar<\/a> would just be so lovely in the halls or, better yet, in the room. The rich autumn colors of the fluttering leaves so beautifully contrast with those strong lines made from steel cable. It would be something lovely to contemplate besides the TV and all the machines one has around the bed.<\/p>\n

Well, I can dream that someone someday will turn hospital rooms into galleries of art but in the meantime, I am off to find a cheerful flowering\u00a0plant I can take to\u00a0my mother, the retired horticulturist and to pick up\u00a0my dad’s favorite candy, licorice, to bring\u00a0him some good cheer\u00a0as well. And a bottle of port for myself for later. We do need to take care of ourselves as well as all those that need us!<\/p>\n

For more beautiful wall art work by Alev, visit her website<\/a> or her Facebook page<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Inspirational Challenge of the Day: <\/strong>Design or create a piece of wall art specifically to brighten up a place in your house you don’t usually hang art in such as a bathroom or a garage, maybe even in \u00a0closet. What colors, imagery and textures would positively change the atmosphere and make one smile when they opened the door or walked in?<\/p>\n

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