Beauty from Emptiness
Charlize L.
Gouache
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This piece was inspired by my therapist, and came to life as a way to work through my mental health struggles. The background of this piece is everything that I have ever thought about myself that makes me feel empty inside. I wanted those thoughts to go away, to be gone forever, but that’s not how healing works. Those thoughts and feelings are still there even if they were covered by something beautiful, something inspiring, something that makes you think, maybe I’m not those terrible thoughts, maybe I’m more. I’m still healing, but this piece has helped me work through so many things that make me feel like I’m less capable or less of a person. This artwork was one step in a very long process of recovery and healing.
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To me creativity means being myself, it means not having to conform to what others think or want of me, it means having control over myself and not being told what to do or what not to do, it means letting go and forgetting. To me creativity means freedom.
