New Digital Painting w PS!!!
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This last month has been horrible, the world is in chaos!! My heart goes out for the people living in Japan and Libya and for those who have loved ones there. I’ve been experiencing my own personal nightmare as my dad has been in the hospital for over 3wks. It’s been brutal, he was on life support at one point and in a comatose state for days. I thought I was going to lose him but he is now out of ICU and for the most part he’s stable.
This whole month I’ve been practically living at the hospital, it’s been a very humbling experience as I witnessed both the beginning and end of life and much in between. One night I was on my way to my dad’s room and in the hallway there was a pregnant woman, in labour , screaming in agony from contractions. She was grasping on to the wall as if her life depended on climbing it. Ohhh it brought back memories, I could just feel her pain! Then there was another night where I had fallen asleep at my dad’s bedside and was awakened at 5am to this horrific cry coming from several people in the room next door. Apparently a woman had died moments ago in there and her family had just gone in to see her corpse. The sound of their pain was so unbearable just thinking about it gives me chills :’(…There was also a teenage boy who was on life support after a car accident…and a 23 year old girl with cancer in a coma; her dad had watched them resuscitate her seven times in the last 2mths. He said he’d felt like he has watched her die seven times… Mannn I wouldn’t wish this much heart ache on my worst enemy! I give full props to all the nurses and doctors who deal with so much tragedy and pain on a daily basis.
I’m so thankful that my dad’s going to pull through, but unfortunately not without some damage to his memory. He may have lost his short-term memory for good. He wakes up everyday not knowing what has happened or why he is in the hospital, when I explain it to him by the next day he’s forgotten (kinda like 50 first dates). I keep telling him it’s sort of a blessing because each day is a clean slate for him, and he’ll never have to worry about yesterday.
There’s still a few more test the doctors need to do so he will be in the hospital for at least another week or so. Now that he’s stable I’ve been trying to catch up on life. I had put everything on hold even the NET!! No emails, no txt, no fb, twitter or tumblr it’s been that crazy!!! So if you haven’t heard from me in a bit or I haven’t replied to your email, my apologies! I am trying to get back on the ball this week. After everything with my dad I’ve never been more determined to reach my goals. I’m starting with this new digital painting. After several hours of work I’m very happy with the outcome. I find when my emotions are high it brings out my best work. My goal is to master digital painting! I’m still working on a few more pieces for my portfolio and I’ll definitely be posting them soon!
Much LuV
MandyCka
