Black Paint Blobs

We were hanging out, about 4 of us, in the end-stage Alzheimer’s unit. There was plenty of paper. Richard picked up a round brush, dipped it in water and then in each color until he had every color on the brush. He started dabbing it on the paper. It was a very dark blackish color. When it dried, we were all looking at it. I thought we might be able to turn it into something. I shared several ideas and then asked Richard’s permission to paint on his picture. He nodded and I told a story as the blobs turned into human bodies, that had many of the features of those sitting at the table. Together we decided to make it a rainy picture. Another fellow, Norman, said we didn’t need the center umbrella because they were already protected from the rain with the two outside umbrellas. Interesting observation!