A sacred refuge, a lifeline for the soul. It carries my wounds and unspoken memories, turning raw pain into a vessel for hope and peace
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Assemblage is my liberation. My life isn't flat or held; it’s a journey of wounds and stubborn hope that requires a 3D structure to breathe. Here, I am an architect of memory, giving childhood fears and unspoken pains a physical chassis. This is my vessel for healing, where "not normal" ideas become structural. It's not just creative art: I’m mending myself, creating a sanctuary where I finally belong. It’s the only place I can spill my soul and be truly seen.
Where do you find inspiration?I don’t wait for inspiration; my soul simply connects to the idea. It’s a blue-collar life of providing, mixed with the weight of past hardships. It used to be stories within stories in ink, born from a person’s life or a sudden discomfort. Now, the process bypasses the paper entirely. It starts as full-blown creative expression—a raw, three-dimensional evolution into a sanctuary. My art is no longer just a drawing; it is a living vessel where I finally mend and belong.
What would you do with $25,000?So, no, I will! but fact has been defined by a single, sacred goal: to break the cycle of abuse and addiction we survived as children. We’ve poured every ounce of our labor into building a safe place "home" a sanctuary we never had. Now that they have grown old together, we have to work just to live as life is a fading. This $25,000 would take her on a vacation, honoring her decades of work and sacrifice with a long-overdue moment of beauty, rest, and peace together.
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