Comments on: Hospital Decorating http://perchesinthesoul.com/2007/11/21/hospital-decorating/ Mon, 07 May 2012 18:09:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Penny http://perchesinthesoul.com/2007/11/21/hospital-decorating/comment-page-1/#comment-264 Penny Wed, 21 Nov 2007 21:27:47 +0000 http://perchesinthesoul.com/2007/11/21/hospital-decorating/#comment-264 Dead on! If there's any room where a bit of pleasant visual distraction is crucial, it's the room where they do mammograms--I don't want to see a bare but tasteful sage-green wall, I want something that will make me want to stand there and stand still for a few seconds--because there are nerve endings in my body screaming for me to do otherwise. Is it too much to ask for an interesting poem to read, an Escher print, something? Next time I might bring my own visual entertainment--and some scotch tape... Dead on! If there’s any room where a bit of pleasant visual distraction is crucial, it’s the room where they do mammograms–I don’t want to see a bare but tasteful sage-green wall, I want something that will make me want to stand there and stand still for a few seconds–because there are nerve endings in my body screaming for me to do otherwise. Is it too much to ask for an interesting poem to read, an Escher print, something?

Next time I might bring my own visual entertainment–and some scotch tape…

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