24x30” Acrylic on canvas

signed + dated by the artist

NO ONE IS BORN ASHAMED. SHAME CYCLES ARE A LEARNED AND INHERITED PATTERN. SOME THINGS ARE CONSTANT, YOU LEARN: LIKE THE SUN RISING AND SETTING EACH DAY, THE AIR BEING RECYCLED FOR BREATH.

FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION, WE LEARN TO PERFECTLY MIMIC OUR CAREGIVERS SHAME. GUILT SAYS WE’VE DONE SOMETHING WRONG. SHAME SAYS WE, IN OUR VERY ESSENCE, ARE WRONG. THE NATURAL WORLD SYNCS TO THE MOON AND SUN CYLES, AND WE HAVE CREATED OUR OWN. IN OUR CYCLE OF SHAME, THERE IS NO ROOM FOR VULNERABILITY, CURIOSITY, OR GROWTH. INTERNALIZED FEAR KEEPS US SMALL, BELIEVING WE ARE UNWORTHY OF CONNECTION. DISCONNECT TEACHES DISHARMONY.

ALL AROUND US ARE BIDS FOR CONNECTION. ALL AROUND US ARE REMINDERS FOR ONENESS; WHOLENESS..LIKE BEING RAISED BY THE SUN.

THERE IS NOTHING IN THE UNIVERSE THAT REPRESENTS ONENESS MORE THAN THE SUN ITSELF. ESSENTIAL TO ALL LIFE; IT IS REVERED ACROSS ALL CULTURES AND RELIGIONS. WE LOOK TO THE SOURCE OF ALL LIFE, THE LIGHT OF THE CENTER OF THE WORLD AND WE ARE REMINDED OF CLARITY: THE CLEARING OF ALL DOUBT, CONFUSION AND FOG.

AS ONE DECIDES TO FULLY BREAK FREE OF THE SHAME CYCLE, THERE IS A HEALING AND REBIRTH FOR ALL GENERATIONS AFTER.