Progress

Expressive Arts collection in tribute to survivors of sexual exploitation.

Survivor image.. seedling grappling a monster (the latter yet to be visualized, and thus is not yet on the canvas) but in spite of the struggle new life is emerging into daylight.  (Seedling colors will be more vivid).

Escape image

Concept of the kids pictured having crawled through the window, which will contain imagery giving a frame of reference to what they escaped.  A third figure will have his head in his hands, the girl on the left has hands over her mouth (drawn in pencil currently) and the girl on the right will be brought to the foreground.  From E's story.

Image yet to make this page... 

Rekindling hope: shadowy figures with an unlit lamp inside each of their chests.  A hand coming from off canvas, striking a match.  

Still Yet Unresolved

Traveling light it seemed to be so simple

til the complications caught up,

as they tend to do.

She put up a fight, flung her fists in a fury

whirled around to find the door

hand on handle but not so sure.

She studied the fixture for a minute moment

its frame seemed solid oaken wood,

yet at a touch it crumbled, sapped of reason

dry of rhyme, she slipped in between time.

Wilderness comprised of concrete and telephone wires

where signals cross and static reigns.

Would you be surprised immersed in raw reality

how blatant lies so swiftly fuse with all she classifies as true.

Relentless currents pull her further, deeper still

subtle to seem as evoking her own choice.

Incongruous logic and sentiment with a tinge

of rebellious ways, fingerprints proving

her self-perceived blame.

Wilderness comprised of concrete and telephone wires

where signals cross and static reigns.

Would you be surprised immersed in raw reality

how blatant lies so swiftly fuse with all she classifies as true.

Found object sculpture: I have quite a selection of metal scraps and objects to connect to allude to the idea that beauty can prevail even in what others have thrown away.  I've been brainstorming how to structure this piece, but don't fully know yet.

Poetry:  I've started three ideas of poems, but the drafts are still too unsatisfactory to my own inner critic to share with you quite yet, my dear class.  Jay Wentworth has offered to help me edit the poems as I work with them.  

What I'm struggling with is how to tie everything together succinctly.  I have a few ideas, but I'm getting stuck in my head, so they aren't transferring into actuality well.