Always Just Beneath the Surface
Around the time I started to develop into a woman an eating disorder consumed me. I don’t know that I’ll ever truly understand how or why, but my life was never the same. My idea of being a woman was very wrapped up in an idea of beauty that was the farthest thing from healthy. I wanted to be seen in a way that when I looked at myself I couldn’t see anywhere. I felt ugly. I felt insufficient. I felt unwanted.
Finding a Healing Space
I reflect on the creation of Voice of an Angel, a piece I created expressing a healing space for me and hopefully the viewer as well. I explain what inspired the piece and discuss the importance of empathy in the time in which we are living.