Tranquility's Quiet Strength" USS LCS Freedom Docked in Old Town, Alexandria, Virginia. Photograph by © Michael John Coleman 2009
WASHINGTON, D.C.; FRIDAY MAY 29th, 2009--Special By Michael John Coleman, MAGNUM Executive Director and Founder.
If you ever wondered what a heart attack looks like through the eyes of an artist while it is happening, look no more! So you missed that opening at Principle Gallery or maybe one in Soho, DC--New York--no matter, put your feet up and take a walk through MAGNUM's 'Little Galleries' (Someone out there got that reference I hope?!) and peruse some artwork created in the mist of an unwelcome cardiovascular event! If you want to read more about the Migraine's three-fold increase risk of heart attack reported in a recent medical study-then check out MigraineBlog's Memorial Day Monday's article on MyMigraineConnection! If you already read that article then walk into the next online room of our gallery, and learn a wee bit about our navy's newest member of the surface fleet.
A MIGRAINEUR'S PHOTO ESSAY--
HIS HEART IS IN HIS ART
In an effort to keep my cool while I was fighting to breath and stay calm-no small feat-I deployed the only trick I knew-focus on my art while trying to get the perfect image of the new Littoral Combat Ship USS Freedom on her first Deployment, with the National's Capitol Dome in the far background off to the right on the waterline horizon!
I can still hear the melodic drone of the ships powerplant as her high speed diesel throbbing was somehow comforting. My sister thought I was insane, but all good photographers know you can't stop when you see that image in your mind-possible heart attack or not! So there you are suffocating-BUT only if you move or try to speak-if I stand still and focus through my camera in my hand I'm breathing. I, of course, do what all good photographers do when we see an image before us, we 'stop time' when we lock onto an image we know we can translate it from our minds with the camera we hold in our hands. Unfortunately my ‘time stopping' trick might keep me calm but every time I advanced a few more feet towards the end of the dock I had to stop as I was still suffocating and can find no breath in my lungs.
"Wilson's Turmoil Anew" © Michael John Coleman 2009
To see the whole Photo Essay "His Art Is In His Art" visit MigraineBlog now! You will see more fine art photograph images shot by Artist and public health advocate Michael John Coleman while he was struggling with a sudden heart attack.
If you or someone you love appears to be having a heart attack please take action--
The most common heart attack symptoms are:
Chest discomfort or pain-uncomfortable pressure, fullness, squeezing, or pain in the center of the chest that can be mild or strong. This discomfort or pain lasts more than a few minutes or goes away and may comes back later.
