These pieces quite literally explore pieces: of body, mind, heart, following the aftermath/glow of trauma, abuse, poverty, hope, and eventual healing. They were created in an attempt to heal and deal with aspects of my own dissociation, mania, depression and trauma responses. They are a way of "checking-in" with those aspects of self that need extra reminding of the good, the possible, the durable that lies just beneath the daily rubble.
