I turn my emotions into art. As a therapist I use my inner world to make art and create inner balance again. I help teach others this also
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Collage. I like taking fragments of old things to create something new. As a counselor it becomes a metaphor for finding beauty in brokenness.
Where do you find inspiration?My faith. My family. My clients. The deepest inspirations come from the depths of sorrow and pain. It is through the understanding that we can be restored by excepting brokenness and shifting it to forgiveness. It happens and we can recreate something that is broken into something that is new and resilient.
What would you do with $25,000?I would help my children build their future securities, and, quite honestly, we need to take care of major home repairs. We need a new roof, some walls fixed, and other minor repairs completed around our home.
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