I identified with the testimony of Dr. Christine Blasey Ford. She said it disrupted her life for years. This is about my personal disruption.
Disruption
Thankful for
Lots of things, but getting a new hip was MEGA. The pain was exhausting.
Assault Fault
Excuse the hell out of us for being women and having breasts.
Holes
I started this thinking that there is a lack on my right side. Shrivelled was a good word to start it, but now it’s about the holes, many surgical but emotional as well. Not to dwell on their loss, but to acknowledge it and move on. These are reasons that I am not as I used to be.
I noticed
in meditation group the other day that I have an imbalance of my right side. I am exploring the idea and call this painting Shrivelled.
Tangle or life?
This is a second go at Tangled Web. This is on gessoed paper, and I don’t think it’s better for ripples. And the gesso is gritty. Lines were pencil of charcoal. I imagine I’ll do more in Sharpie. After visit to Doctor for injection and pharmacy for prescriptions, I do feel like a bug caught in a web of “health care”.
Total hip replacement
About four months ago I got my hip replaced. I’d had to wait two years, for other health problems. I’m doing better, but three hours in my studio is my limit, now. But oh, how much more energy when I’m not in constant intense pain!
Storm’s Coming-4
More paint. I tried to put in layers, but then I messed them up. Maybe painting is straightforward for others, but I struggle. I enjoy the struggle, and feel that I’ve learned some things along the way.
Splenectomy
In 2016 I needed a new hip. I got my spleen removed instead, to cure Chronic ITP. That didn’t work. Lots of my paintings with ovals represent platelets, or the lack of. The 2018 painting ,ala, Frida Kahlo, is of that surgery. 
6000 Platelets
Some paintings I struggle with. This one came fast and furious.