Today I visited my grandfather at one of many Warsaw's hospitals. It has been some time since I was in a hospital at all but I still hate going there even as a visitor. I know those are places where people get healed and stuff but there is just something in them that makes me want to leave as soon as I enter. For me there are two main factors that trigger that reaction in my case. First is the appearance of a hospitals themselves and don't get me wrong. I know that there is big effort to modernise them and make them look better but for now most of them doesn't look like a place you would like to be in. The second thing for me is atmosphere. It's just so overwhelming and tense that it makes me feel really uncomfortable. Especially on the ward with old people. It makes me very sad to see some of them without any hope and just sadly laying in beds with no vision of better tomorrow. I don't know if all people feel likewise but I though it is kind of interesting that the place we go to to take care of our health can be a place we fear and avoid so much.
Does art have to be beautiful? In my opinion it doesn't. I think that some works of art just can not be beautiful. For example there are some incredible movies that are considered art but can't be beautiful because you can't really call a movie about some hard topics like war or murder beautiful. Another thing is that some pieces of art aren't made to look nice but for example to make people think about something or show them how our world changes. This is why In my opinion art doesn't always have to be beautiful.
It's not surprising that we feel bad in hospitals. Take into account the amount of pain, suffering, fear and other negative emotions that these places accumulate.There is no way they can be pleasant, even if modernised. And there are people who have to work there.
OdpowiedzUsuńYes, hospital is a place full of suffering, but we should look for a hope of recovery here, rather than pain or near death. It's easy for me to say, but what else can we do to make us feel more comfortable there?
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