Diary Of A Survior

Mixed Media piece.

This piece is about the marriage I entered into with someone I was not in love with at a very young age. 

Because of  my upbringing (Catholic, Latina, and later Pentecostal upon moving to the USA ...) I found it very hard to leave a very unhappy "union".

It took me years to muster the courage to face my family and a society I had imagined would never forgive me-- to finally leave.

I survived what I felt to be a "jail" .... I was able to unearth myself, liberate my heart, and remove the nails from my thoughts:

I survived to discover and know myself.

Indeed, I survived to love.

Note:

1.-Drawings by my cousing Nicole Keller when she was a child.

2. There is a missing piece on this -new photo to be uploaded soon! with piece (on upper let hand side) in place).

2000

NFS

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