Healing Scars

Soul Extraction

A seed of hope, a reclamation, a revocation.

Acrylic on Canvas

48 in x 48 in

On the canvas, she scrawled the words: “Soul Extraction. You have no power over me. I take back what is rightfully mine,” and hurled paint at the canvas in lines that began in a fitful fury and resolved in a peaceful stance. Crouching within the shell that long provided a needed defense, the seed begins to shed and sprouts form to grow into what’s long been awaited.