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Art made by individuals
whose brain injury primarily affects one hemisphere is
often characterized by crowding half the surface while
ignoring the balance. Harrison, whose background was in
theater and opera, tended to ignore the left side of his
paintings which corresponded to his paralysis. By my
nagging him about the left corners of his paintings, he
grudgingly addressed the left sides. Good-naturedly
nicknaming me "Floyd", I occasionally would
hear his bellowing, baritone voice call out to me from
the far end of the hall, "Hey Floyd, what about
those 'freakin' corners?"
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