ignited trust

  two linen canvases detailed using ground rock pigment + red ochre pigment + iron oxide clay (we foraged in CA), then set floating in a shou sugi ban oak canvas and frame. This painting is installed and framed in oak in which we used the Shou Sugi Ban technique to char. 9 w x 12h  x 3d I want you to see this painting and think about the turning point in which it hit you: You deserve kindness in your hardest moments. Ignite trust that you are deserving. You deserve to trust that one day you will be able to love every version of yourself. And if that turning point hasn’t happened, ask yourself if the people you surround yourself with are humans who help you love yourself deeper or make you question your heart. Sadly, this isn’t the turning point that I stopped welcoming sick relationships into my life. With the dissociation that came from suppressing traumatic events, I couldn’t fully digest the love they gave me. When I moved back to Charleston in 2016 with plans of getting sober, I pu