Right Ear

Something is not right with your right ear. Perhaps a dull pressure, a pulling, a rushing that will not go away. Perhaps a pain that makes itself known when you chew. Perhaps a numbness, as if an invisible curtain were being drawn between you and the world. Whatever your ear is offering you — it is loud enough that you can no longer look away.

The ear is the organ of receiving. It takes in what the world brings toward you. Voices, tones, words, music — and also what stands between the words. A healthy ear is open, alert, connected. A blocked, painful, numb ear is an ear in withdrawal. It says: I can no longer do this right now. I need distance.