This is a mixed media painting made on 01.05.23. Perhaps it’s my first art piece of the New Year. This painting was started to show others how to do collage in an art therapy group. I found one piece of paper with the words, “heart” and “wild” as well as a bunch of other randomContinue reading “Wild Hearts”
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I can’t stop making art…Part 1 of paintings Golden Healing and Restoration.
Art making…it’s my coping skill. I create because I’m driven. Today, I talked about some of my sexual trauma that occurred in the military. There was a date rape where I lost my virginity and a sexually abusive relationship, I stayed in for 2.5 years, where I was raped in a violent way several times.Continue reading “I can’t stop making art…Part 1 of paintings Golden Healing and Restoration.”
Recompense Dream
I had an odd dream about my father, but it wasn’t a bad dream. If you have heard or read my testimony, you will know that I suffered extreme sexual abuse, maybe even some would consider it torture, at the hands of my father as a child. He wasn’t all bad, though, and the abuseContinue reading “Recompense Dream”
Stamp of Approval
The art: This was made with watercolor pencils, oil pastels, and tissue paper on September 15, 2022. Prize Ribbon: When I asked God about this one I immediately noticed the stamp in the center of the circle. I noticed also that the circle looks like a prize ribbon that awards people for good performance. IContinue reading “Stamp of Approval”
Psalms 102 Ministries: PTSD Diagnosis and Recovery from a Personal and Spiritual Perspective, Part 1
This is Part 1 of a 5 part series on PTSD. The page to the series can be found here: PTSD series. Part 2 will be on August 6, 2022. In this video, I talk about the diagnostic features of PTSD according to the DSM 5. I also share my personal testimony of trauma andContinue reading “Psalms 102 Ministries: PTSD Diagnosis and Recovery from a Personal and Spiritual Perspective, Part 1”