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     COMMENTS: Art is not Brain Surgery

Alison Silva's paintings went from "bright and cheery and whimsical" to a darker, new style that "has earned her more commissions and higher prices," CBS' Richard Schlesinger showed us. The change happened after she suffered blackouts, headaches and dizziness. Her neurologist found "a dangerous tangle of blood vessels" with an MRI brain scan, posing "the risk of seizures or stroke or maybe death." Artist Silva decided to leave her brain alone. "Surgery could cure her but it could also destroy her ability to create."

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