Underwater Vertigo

Hand Painted, Oil paint on canvas, 12x16in A hook is attached to the back of the painting to hang on any wallNo returns or exchanges Lucky Me Life began with sounds As my body waxed my hearing waned By fourteen a wall was in my left ear Doctors told me I won the hearing loss mega millions. 0.03% chance…    Lucky me How will my future play out?   Surgery They replaced my stapies with a prosthetic Along with the bone came tinnitus “Sizzle” “Static” “Screech” - REPEAT   Lucky Me How will I learn to cope?   Good and Bad are a package deal Tinnitus shredded my world into pixels like a low rez TV For the first time since I began painting, I was hearing color My very own pixelated world to capture in my art.  By 23, I see the world in brush strokes My pallet, a microcosm, representing how I perceive the world Another surgery on my calendar   Lucky me How will I be hurt this time? Now in Recovery, PAIN My World is Spinning, VERTIGO The tinnitus is different, LOUDER Dizziness and on meds,