Busy Weekend This Week. Hopefully I Can Get Back To My Regular Painting By Sunday. Gold Leaves 12in X

Malaika Holmén by Sølve Sundsbø for Vogue Scandinavia ,October 2021

It’s crazy

All this awareness is incredible

And I love that education is being pushed

But it’s also triggering

For some reason I feel like I want to share this information

But I don’t want to be an advocate because it feels like I’m advocating myself as a victim

as a person who has a storie

As a survivor

The awareness of sexual assault is triggering

I want to help someone

And yet I don’t want to advertise that I can help because I’ve had my own experiences too

I don’t want you to wonder about me

I don’t want you to ask me questions

I’ve been trying to figure out how to heal on my own

Sometimes if I need to I talk about it

Sometimes if I’m the confidant , then I’ll share my experience for the both of us to find peace

But idky posting a flyer is nerve racking

Idky having my art be apart of an awareness exhibition is odd

My art came from a place of pain

My art is therapeutic

And I took a chance to submit my piece and now that I’ve been selected

I feel weird

I was assaulted numerous times by numerous people and I still don’t know how to talk about it

I’ve recently discovered that sometimes the art I make resembles artwork of other survivors

Why does pain look the same

How can I not explain my feelings but my art can

And why does displaying my art feel like I’m displaying my trauma and asking people to be proud of me ? Or to analyze ? And ask questions??

Idky this gives me so much panic

It feels paradoxical

I feel trapped all over again

I want to help

I don’t want this to happen to anyone else

Ever

But I also don’t want to talk about it publicly

Idk how

“Go Away”

1Samuel 25

Do what is right

Trust God and do the things your suppose to do

Everyone will be rewarded for their Deeds

Everyone will be rewarded for their Dedication

Do not lose sight of what is right

Do not bend if you know what is right

Good comes to those who don’t expect it

Good comes when Good is given

Surely

Goodness and mercy shall follow us

All the days of our lives

And we shall dwell in the presence of the Lord

Forever

Amen.

@alknv by @justannkharchenko

Photos by: Joseph Acquaye 

bright

green

brown

black

the lashes

the curls

the smile 

the air

the breath

her vibes screams

her aura gleams

radiating

glowing

I dance in her reflection

I dance to the sight of the beauty

I dance in admiration

I dance in celebration. 

apperception 

Model: Ozioma Egbuonu Nigeria/Philadelphia Photographed by Me

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