Exploding Impacting

A two pound, Yoshitomo Nara ashtray rolled off a shelf and fell on my head last night. For the second time in my life I felt the almighty power of the concussion. Last time I got a concussion I was a teenager. I tripped in my backyard and my head hit a tree root. That one was severe enough I began to believe I was in a movie my brother was watching on TV, and forced him to turn it off so I wouldn't be trapped in it anymore.

This one wasn't as bad, but I did get disoriented and a little irrationally irritated at everything. After searching various medical sites for warning signs of imminent death, I determined I could probably make it through the night without dying. Fortunately, I woke up this morning and everything seems to be working normally. No hemorrhaging or convulsions.

Protect your heads people, you can't make arts with brain damage.

Roy Lichtenstein. Explosion (from Portfolio 9). 1967. Lithograph. Collection of Jordan D. Schnitzer. Courtesy of the Estate of Roy Lichtenstein