Category: Purgatory
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Why Are Rehab Centers So Ugly? (Part II)
I’ve been a professional fine artist for half my life. The aesthetics of my surroundings are as important to me as the quality of the air I breathe. A vast empty wall in my living space makes me feel as though I am in prison. I can make a case for the notion that kitsch is…
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Why Are Rehab Centers So Ugly? (Part I)
That’s a rhetorical question. I may never know why rehab centers are ugly, because I’m not going to physical therapy school, and you may never understand a system until you’ve worked within it. While I was researching a career in physical therapy, however, I interviewed at several institutions where physical therapy takes place. I vowed…