THE NERVE
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In April of 2022 I was involved in a motor vehicle accident that left me with a right shattered wrist and fractured elbow. I lost the ability to use my right hand, which was the hand I painted and played guitar with my dominate hand. I experienced excruciating pain through months of physical therapy to be left with 70% use of my right hand. I taught myself to paint with my left hand. Today I endure painful strength training to keep mobility in my right hand and have adapted to a new painting style
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AN EVENING WITH PEYOTE
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I was invited to take part in a native American circle to bring in the new harvest. It took place on a beach on a full moon. It was a beautiful display of dancing around a fire, a drum circle, white crocheted shawls, and a wonderful ceremony where I was cleansed with sage and given peyote. I spent that night feeling like I was electric with color and had a most interesting conversation about love with a man on the moon.
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PRETTY ON THE INSIDE
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36 X 24 X 2 inch
I struggled with an eating disorder since I was around the age of 10. I used food to stuff down my emotions, deal with sadness and escape the anxieties of my life. This caused a terrible problem with severe depression, low self-esteem and suicidal ideation. I hid behind the layers of fat and noticed that the bigger I got the more invisible I was in society. I used alcohol and drugs for years to mask the pain until November of 2018. Today I am sober and have a healthy relationship with food and I live a very healthy lifestyle. Through years of self-reflection and therapy I had to learn to love myself. The years I spent “hidden” in my addictions I learned to forgive myself for what I did not know and to forgive others for what they did not know as well.
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