Anyway, my dear friend Joan is an art historian and all-around art guru by original training and spent years working with visual resources before recently becoming the super Dr B and is teaching impressionable minds all about libraries. And every day that we were in Cleveland at the Clinic I wandered around, either on purpose for visiting M, or because I needed space from people, or just because my cell phone coverage was so damn bad -- and I looked at all the cool, original art that the Clinic has displayed everywhere. And I thought of Joan and what she would tell me about all the cool stuff and what she'd think of a hospital that had its own art program, complete with a walking Audio Art Tour, distance ed programs, handouts, signs for all the art, and even a gallery area for rotating exhibits and collections. While I didn't have time for the Audio Tour unfortunately (what, this wasn't a vacation after all?? huh), I did at least try to see a few new pieces every day and snap pics of things I found interesting. And now they're all online for anyone to see -- just keep in mind I took these with the little camera in my Blackberry, and Ansel Adams I'm not.
This is "Cleveland Soul", a favorite, and near the main entrance.
I think the Picasa album may also have some shots of the hospital, the amalgam of architecture styles all thrown together in buildings next to each other, and views from M's room of snowy Clinic proper. The giant acrylic and stone cascading wall fountain in front of the main entrance to the cardiac wing was very cool and impressive, especially with the lights on from underneath at night.
So Joan, while you were thinking good and positive thoughts for us -- (even when you were driving thru Cleveland on the way to the aborted faculty meeting in Detroit) -- we were thinking of you too! :-)
Peace
J
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