12/05/2025
"Honoring Heritage."
"thanks to thee I can set myself free."
This piece was a journey in becoming. I started with a letter to my grandmothers (and their mothers). A message of gratitude.
Then came layers of conditioned pain, and struggle.
In each layer I shed something that no longer served.
The colors really bright, because I wanted to express the joy that was dimmed in generations before. The blue representimg the safe, muted colors my grandmothers could express in, but never fully dimmed their light.
The magic of cocreation brought the drawing of the roots.
The birds represent the women in my line.
I'll share more if the layers and the release of patterns some other time.
Wanna hear? Let me know in the comments below.
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YK