Pieced Together Series

Watercolor & Charcoal on paper, 2022

Growth. The word I began this project with. How do we grow when we only focus on beauty? Do we ignore the black tendrils of suffering and discomfort that spread into our mind impacting every aspect of our life? We try to hold it together, we bind the feelings tighter. Yet, they always seem to escape, seeping into our words and overlapping the colors that used to remind us of life, which now remind us of lacking. What happens when we let our feelings be free? Is that the real beauty of being?

Let the binds release, you are are meant to be free. Don’t let the fears of growth prevent you from blooming. Allow the world to see you are alive, allow the colorful parts of you to shine. Don’t hide the darkness, this is a part of life. But don’t let it cover up your beauty, your light is far too bright.