The Painting; The Reminder of Who I Am.
I love art. I love that art can be expressed in writing, in dancing, in music, and in pictures and paintings. Art is my safe haven. I first learned to turn to dance. Dance was my outlet, my therapy, its where I went for healing. Dance is amazing alone, but the part I loved the most was finding a song that spoke to me, the spoke the things I was feeling AND THEN creating movement to double express what was deep inside. Dance and music is what got me through junior high and high school. Its what helped me cope with my moms divorce. Its what motivated me to keep going. Its what made me believe that regardless of my circumstances and trials, my life is MINE. Its what helped me to stand tall and be different even when I was alone. Dance was my best friend when no one else was. Dance was my everything. April 2015, I had to leave my dance competition with only 2 dances left to perform to go to the emergency room to get an emergency procedure done. For one month after that I couldn't...