I Am the Diva Challenge #313

It’s been a rough week and a half for me. I’m having some difficulty with my right eye and the  vitreous fluid is pulling away from the back of my eye.  It’s causing a lot of floaters and my vision has become hazy. I went back to the retina specialist today convinced that I had a detached retina. He assures me that it’s not detached or separated at all. And that the vitreous fluid will eventually  rectify itself. Until then I’m looking through haze with a big black floater in my eye.  The good news is that I’m not going blind. The bad news is that there’s nothing to do to fix it, except to wait. But my eye pressure is good, I don’t have macular degeneration, just old eyes. It’s hard for me to except because I don’t feel old and in my head I’m not.

Earth Day was this week so “I am the Diva Challenge” was to honor the earth. I chose to use the new tangle Icanthis because it looks like leaves or a plant. I wanted  an organic or natural looking tangle and because this is a new tangle I needed the practice.

13 Comments

  1. Annemarie

    April 26, 2017 at 5:51 am

    This tile is lovely! Sorry to hear about your eyes. Hope it will be better soon.

    1. Laurie Patterson

      August 30, 2017 at 11:12 am

      Thank you

  2. Jean Chaney

    April 25, 2017 at 6:02 pm

    Nice idea to use ICanThis for this challenge. I guess a lot of us can relate the the distress of feeling young at heart with a body that no longer cooperates. Hoping your eye issues are resolved very soon.

    1. Laurie Patterson

      August 30, 2017 at 11:11 am

      Thank you

  3. Lorna R

    April 25, 2017 at 3:52 pm

    Lovely treatment of icanthis! Simple and effective. It’s like waving seaweed.

    1. Laurie Patterson

      August 30, 2017 at 11:11 am

      Thank you

  4. 1 Art Lady Kate Tangles

    April 25, 2017 at 1:34 pm

    Beautiful tile and Best wishes for your eyes to continue to get better!

    1. Laurie Patterson

      August 30, 2017 at 11:11 am

      Thanks

  5. ria matheussen

    April 25, 2017 at 10:27 am

    Icanthis is a beautiful organic pattern and it was a good choice of you to draw a composition of this tangle on a Zendalatile for this challenge, well done!

    1. Laurie Patterson

      August 30, 2017 at 11:11 am

      Thank you

  6. Deanne B

    April 24, 2017 at 10:21 pm

    Beautiful Icanthis Laurie! I sympathize with you…. feeling NOT your actual age vs. what your body can actually do! And being an artist, vision is sooooooo important! I started having problems when current progressive lens technology could not meet my actual eye prescription needs! Sending healing energy your way! 🙂

    1. Laurie Patterson

      April 25, 2017 at 1:37 am

      Thank you

    2. Laurie Patterson

      August 30, 2017 at 11:10 am

      Thanks for the healing thoughts

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