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How I do agree with you. I recall years ago my orthodontist had four treatment chairs in a semi- circle, and above each one was beautiful scene from nature or an animal in comical or natural position . . . all four different and all four changing every few weeks. A dental chair doesn't compare to the unrelenting white and geometric ceiling exposure of prolonged hospital bed stays, but that MD understood that focus on a scene or an animal leads us so easily to a narrative, no permission needed to vacate oursleves to the meadow of flowers, that meerkat on watch, and put ourselves into the picture, begin a story we never would have thought of, as our braces were being tightened . . . Your suggestion is so rich with potential to ignite the imagination or to calm the anxiety of hospital lengths of stay that starve patients who could move on to wellness so much sooner with just a little food for the eyes and the soul. Thank you for this. Mary Chadbourne

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