Buddha Worship Sri Lanka

Born with chronic ear infections, McNichol has experienced total hearing loss three times: as a youngster, teenager and in adulthood. Painting has been her retreat, especially when she felt separated from the hearing world, and it was a lifesaver during her childhood. Today, after undergoing bilateral double mastoid surgeries, scientific advances have provided her with a surgical prosthetic eardrum in her right ear, restoring a significant portion of her hearing. She is profoundly deaf in her left ear, and a bone-anchored hearing aid on that side conducts sound vibrations to her brain, allowing her to hear. “During Covid, I began to appreciate even more a sentiment made by Japanese artist, Ms. Kaoru Hirabayashi, who asks viewers to ‘listen with their eyes’.