This is drawing number 88 in a series of subconscious drawings. My artwork has been an integral part of releasing old trauma stored in my body. This piece in particular represents a pinnacle of inner healing, a momentary balance of humble vulnerability and light. The drawing reveals a beautifully simple relationship of support and space between background and form. This balanced relationship mirrors the inner environment of kindness that I now hold for myself. Unfortunately, for much of my life, I unintentionally abandoned and undermined myself instead. Though this drawing emerged effortlessly from my subconscious with unanticipated ease, it can not be separated from all the ones before it that did not. All those past times of failure, struggle, and distress, eventually gave rise to this pedestal of quiet illumination. Yet, like balanced rocks and shifts in light, all pinnacles are temporary.

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