“Are you being led by your spirit or by your wound?”

Now, I’m not a particularly religious person, but since I heard this question one Sunday morning after being forced to go to church, I haven’t been able to shake it off.

This piece was created to depict my conflict with self-reflection and the discomfort of healing.

For a very long time I hadn’t been in a good place but was still actively avoiding the ruin my trauma left in its wake, not realizing it had become an obstacle to my growth.

Carrying around the weight of what I lied to myself were “growing pains” and being overwhelmed my inability to move forward.

With this piece, I am baring myself and allowing a moment of vulnerability to really ask, “Am I being led by my spirit or by my wounds?”