COLLECTION II
Before Words
A collection that begins with feelings and thoughts that appear before I can fully put them into words. I chose to stay with all of it until it no longer felt like something to fight.
Doubt finds its way into the space where possibilities and dreams begin to take shape. I can see so many directions I could take, so many things I am capable of. And yet, something begins to hold me back. Before I can understand what is happening, I feel it. Only later do thoughts of doubt begin to take shape, bringing questions about myself, my abilities, my dreams and what lies ahead. And so, I begin to search for the words for something I felt long before I could understand it.
Doubt
Acrylic on canvas / 20 X 50
Original artwork · One of a kind
Are these my thoughts, or have I heard them somewhere before?
Shame
Shame hides parts that were never meant to be hidden. Somewhere along the way, I began to feel this way about the very things that make me who I am. Yet, beyond the shame, I never stopped being me.
Acrylic on canvas / 20 X 50
Original artwork · One of a kind
Do I see myself through my own eyes?
Desire
Acrylic on canvas / 30 X 40
Original artwork · One of a kind
You, desire in my mind
Who are you?
What are you?
Why do you always come when I am not here?
You, feeling of pain, abandonment, and despair,
Where do you come from?
Whose are you?
Why do you always come when I am lonely, when everything is silent, and when I no longer know who I am?
You, emptiness,
Are you empty, or are you a vastness I cannot comprehend?
Oh…! Such a tempting emptiness, such immensity.
Take me with you, to where YOU dwell, for I am not here.
Show me the vastness of the Universe…