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This Thing Called Life...

3/1/2018

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African woman painting
In between the daily grind, the filtered social media moments, the good times and the bad times; once in a while we are hit with something that stops us in our tracks.  Whether from deep loss, physical or mental illness, grief, abuse, or some other trauma, we've all encountered deep pain in our lives.  This March, I have the honour of displaying a group of paintings at The Chapel Gallery in Bracebridge, ON, in a show entitled "Passages".  This body of work explores the journey through the emotions created by this pain.  There is a  path we must take  to get through it, and find ourselves again on the other side of grief.

The journey is not linear.  With the paintings in my show, I compare each emotion we go through to a passage.  It may be that one is stuck in a passage for years, only to circle back to a previous emotional passage.  One may be living in several passages at once.  All of these emotions are normal.  There is no time limit for being in a passage.  We each take a similar path, yet we each travel it differently, and that is okay.  With each emotional stage or passage, there is potential for learning and finding our way through, to a healthier place.  

To heal from pain, personal work is needed, yet with the aid from others, we can navigate the emotions we face, to healing and freedom.  
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I invite you to join me for the opening reception, March 3, 2018, from 1 to 4, at the Chapel Gallery.   The show runs from March 3 -24, Tues. to Sat. 10-1 and 2-5.  If you can't make it in person, I will be posting here shortly with pictures of the event.  

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