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WHAT'S NEW with Waterfall Music and Paul Lloyd Warner
Paul Lloyd
Warner, creator of Waterfall Music, was blessed with perfect eyesight throughout his life. In April 2002, he was
hospitalized for an emergency operation that removed a substantial benign brain tumor that was attached to his
Pituitary gland and left Optic Nerve. The operation was successful yet Paul came out of it blind in the left eye.
He is now considered legally blind.
He must also take hormones for the rest of his life as a result of the removal of the Pituitary gland.
Throughout the operation, there were a number of friends praying for his life in the hospital waiting room all
through the night. Paul believes that both the great talent of his neurological surgical team and the loving
prayers of his friends and spiritual core group, saved his life that fateful night.
During his stay at the
hospital, he received many visitors and well-wishers.
After one month's stay, he went home to recuperate for the next six months. During that time, Paul adjusted to his partial blindness which at first sent him into a temporary depression. In the middle of June 2002, Paul saw the faint light of the early summer sun streaming through his bedroom window with his "good eye" and had an important revelation that changed his life forever. At that moment, he made a decision to enjoy the rest of his life with the vision that he still possessed. Even though three dimensional vision was not possible, Paul could still see partially with one eye. For that he was incredibly grateful and immediately changed his attitude from depression (almost despair) into one of hope, acceptance and love. Since the operation, Paul has had three MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) sessions which have both proven that the tumor has not returned to his brain. He receives these MRI's every six months.
He has therefore committed himself to serving others even more than he did prior to the operation. Some of
the profits from his music will be donated to the blind and other charities.
Through much practice, Paul is
able to play the piano again almost to the level he was before his illness. All the recordings on the three new
albums were made before his operation. However, with the help of special glasses for his good eye and a powerful
magnifying glass, Paul was able to painstakingly design the album covers and other visual materials.
The process was quite slow, it took him nine months to digitally re-master and organize the music in each album, then design the covers, tray cards, text, color labels etc.
At this point, he feels privileged and honored to be alive and to be of service to others. Paul
Lloyd Warner is a true artist, in every sense of the word.
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