New Colors with New "Eyes"

Monday morning, I had a cataract surgery on my right eye. 

I came home with a patch and a new lens in my eye.

I was allowed to take a shower that evening. 

As I was drying off in my bathroom area, 

my eyes fell upon a familiar tee shirt cardigan.

I have always experienced it as a somewhat 

muted warm dusty rose.

Now what I see is a cool rather rosy lilac with 

absolutely no warm  tones.

I kept closing one eye and then the other

going back and forth between my "old" eye 

and my "new" eye. The difference was very 

dramatic for me. I realize that, slowly over the 

years, my vision has been veiled with a muted

parchment like filter. Every thing I see is 

somehow muted with a yellowish, parchment tone.

I can hardly wait to have my other eye done

in three weeks. As an artist, this new way of seeing 

the world is so exciting. I am eager to get 

back into my paint box and experience 

mixing and playing with color is a 

whole new way.

I am grateful to have this time between the 

surgeries to really experience the old and the

new.... the world is looking so much brighter

these days!