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When I was being irradiated, the radiology crew commented on my painted shoes, so I gave them a link to some of my paintings online. The next day, I saw that they had downloaded one painting and were using it as a screen saver in their control room. So the day after that, I gave them the original, which they hung in the control room. Then they were told they couldn't hang things there, so they put it in the treatment room,

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Howard Rheingold

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where immobilized patients stare at cottage cheese ceilings while robots irradiated them. Couple years ago, a friend who required treatment told me that the painting is still there.

@hrheingold This is a beautiful story, thank you for sharing

@hrheingold IIRC the Ithaca NY Planned Parenthood used to put posters on the ceiling for patients to look at.