Saturday, April 29, 2006

Moses in the ER

This is a portion of a Chagall copy that I did in the UCLA ER last week while I was waiting to be admited to have my psych medication adusted. It bears little resemblance to the original...other than composition. It was just a way to keep my mind occupied while I was spending more than 12 hours camping in the UCLA ER - which is not a horrible place. I was experiencing some sort of Bipolar Mixed-Episode....a new experience for me. I've had manic episodes, depressive episodes, but this is my first true mixed-episode experience. Something I'd rather not repeat. UCLA spent days taking me off of 3 old medications and my outside Dr. finally settled on one new med - Abilify - that should do the job of all three with fewer side effects. It is specifically for Bipolar patients who suffer from Mania and Mixed-Episodes - it is a fairly new FDA approved med. We will see. I don't think I'm turning this in for homework...I just posted it as a springboard for discussion of mental states and art.

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