๐˜ผ ๐™ข๐™ž๐™ง๐™–๐™˜๐™ก๐™š (๐™๐™–๐™ซ๐™š ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช ๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™˜๐™š๐™™?), 2021, 18โ€x24โ€, oil on linen.

Healing often does not take place within the confines of four walls โ€” rather, out in the world, with hands holding earth and knees in the soil.

๐˜ผ ๐™ข๐™ž๐™ง๐™–๐™˜๐™ก๐™š (๐™๐™–๐™ซ๐™š ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช ๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™˜๐™š๐™™?), 2021, 18โ€x24โ€, oil on linen.

This painting almost feels like itโ€™s breathing โ€” inhale, exhale โ€”a quiet prayer. Kind, and also maybe troubled. It keeps me company with its beauty and flowers and excess. And for that, I am grateful. We are not so different, after all.

These days that feels like enough.