The Art of Healing

As Eskenazi Health was being constructed and as its shape 

began to emerge, I wondered how the architects 

could possibly make a bunch of stacked boxes look interesting.

I needn't have worried because the designers have,

in essence, created frames for art work. For the main building,

an artist was commissioned who designed a facade

of vertical blue stripes, while another has adorned a second

segment with translucent flanges that reflect and diffuse 

the light as it changes throughout the day.

Yet a third fabricated an enameled steel installation 

for the parking garage that also plays with light and shadow,

changing with the time of day and as drivers pass by.

It is the same inside, where artwork serves to create 

an island of beauty and calm, one where the art of healing 

is practiced for the people of the community.