Moving backwards in time

This region has a very positive effect on me. Aside from a slightly slower than I'd like week the interactions all around were so positive. The regional people have positive mental attitude and the starkness of the environment provides a sharp backdrop that brings this attitude to the forefront. I suppose it is a little like a backdrop in a photo studio. Personalities shine through without the noisy typical background I'm used to. Spare, spartan, contrasting... not sure of the adjective but I'll work on it.
I woke this morning about 2AM local and could not get back to sleep. I had to leave the hotel at 4AM anyway so I got up. Probably my typical alarm anticipation coupled with time zone change. Abu Dhabi is an hour ahead of Doha and the flight is 40 minutes. We sort of arrive before we leave. But I noticed a photo on my phone when I awoke.

Annie had been over to Austin's City Hall and checked on Whirling Beams II. It looked so cool to me that my mind was instantly transported from work challenge to art challenge. She is aging well and stands out so nicely from her lower stark but upper "noisy" background. Contrast.
I'm reading a book on change management. I'll share the title when I have finished it and have begun to apply what I have learned to caregiving. The book discusses change and how to make it happen. Much like my process in building sculpture, rebuilding a person who's had a "brain attack" could be viewed as change management. Bringing desired change requires different methods. The book delves deep into what brings about behavioral change. It contrasts the way I/one may have been approaching a lot of things with some "what ifs". I'm going to apply it to caregiving and I'm going to apply it to art. Never too late to learn something new. Our survivors do it maybe we caregivers can too.