Tag: art


  • The Release

    Yesterday I was so happy and relaxed. Lying in the bath, music playing, talking to myself the way I do when no one’s watching. And then it hit — the way memories do when your body finally feels safe enough to let them surface. The moment he told me it was over. Not the clean…

  • The Cost

    This blog follows on from ‘Mask Off’ The cost? Performing so much for others that I didn’t even know myself. I didn’t know how to enjoy silence. I didn’t know how to relax without guilt. I was always chasing the next achievement because somewhere underneath it all, I never felt enough. And then there’s the…

  • Allowing grief to flow.

    My mom is pivotal to BLACKBUTTERFLY. She’s the reason I have such a deep connection to butterflies at all. The grief and the messages she sends me confirm that again and again. This piece felt like a launch point. A rebirth. My intention was simple, or at least I thought it was. I wanted to…