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It doesn’t have to destroy me - Mixed Media
Featured In Keshet Gallery, Boca Raton, FL
Price $2,800
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Reclaimed Materials
Made In USA
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24x49 Charred maple, acrylics, spray paints, charred poplar frame.
I've learned that i must find positive outlets for anger or it will destroy me’ - Sidney Poitier
harnessing emotion in a way that is beneficial instead of letting it be detrimental. It’s a difficult practice to not let anger determine how you view the world, and how you feel about your life. Although anger and frustration can be uncomfortable to say the least, it can be a great motivator. “It is wise to direct your anger towards problems- not people, to focus your energy on answers-not excuses” - William Arthur Ward
This practice of re-directing frustration has been a major contributor to my growth and motivation. Whereas when I was younger anger would be a self destructive force that would lead me deeper into the habits and actions that had me stuck in life with a loop of self loathing and destructive behavior. I turned that anger inward to be fuel and justification for self sabotage, instead of using it as inspiration for improvement. “Holding on to anger is like drinking a poison and expecting the other person to die” -Buddha
As a recovered alcoholic and drug addict it has been a journey to re-program how i respond to emotion and how that emotion shapes who I am. drugs and alcohol is an easy quick fix to numb those emotions and induce an illusion of being taken out of that situation. I got used to using what a healthy person might use as motivation for positive change as justification for self sabotage and escaping. It’s like i made my identity to be a sacrifice for the person who i should have been. I was ok with being complacent.
now having been through those stages where i drank the poison to spite those who hurt me, or to hurt myself for being hurt, i can use that experience as knowledge to know that is not the solution. I can be aware of my anger as a message that there is something i need to change or there is something worth fighting for. Or someone. Your anger is the part of you that knows your mistreatment. Your anger knows that you deserve to be treated well and with kindness. Your anger is the part of you that loves you.
"Anger is not bad. Anger can be a very positive thing, the thing that moves us beyond the acceptance of evil." Now, what moves me the most is the contempt i have for who i was when i was complicit, when i used self-pity as the motivation for intoxication when i used anger as fuel for a rebellious signal fire that was only burning away my own potential.
I've learned that i must find positive outlets for anger or it will destroy me’ - Sidney Poitier
harnessing emotion in a way that is beneficial instead of letting it be detrimental. It’s a difficult practice to not let anger determine how you view the world, and how you feel about your life. Although anger and frustration can be uncomfortable to say the least, it can be a great motivator. “It is wise to direct your anger towards problems- not people, to focus your energy on answers-not excuses” - William Arthur Ward
This practice of re-directing frustration has been a major contributor to my growth and motivation. Whereas when I was younger anger would be a self destructive force that would lead me deeper into the habits and actions that had me stuck in life with a loop of self loathing and destructive behavior. I turned that anger inward to be fuel and justification for self sabotage, instead of using it as inspiration for improvement. “Holding on to anger is like drinking a poison and expecting the other person to die” -Buddha
As a recovered alcoholic and drug addict it has been a journey to re-program how i respond to emotion and how that emotion shapes who I am. drugs and alcohol is an easy quick fix to numb those emotions and induce an illusion of being taken out of that situation. I got used to using what a healthy person might use as motivation for positive change as justification for self sabotage and escaping. It’s like i made my identity to be a sacrifice for the person who i should have been. I was ok with being complacent.
now having been through those stages where i drank the poison to spite those who hurt me, or to hurt myself for being hurt, i can use that experience as knowledge to know that is not the solution. I can be aware of my anger as a message that there is something i need to change or there is something worth fighting for. Or someone. Your anger is the part of you that knows your mistreatment. Your anger knows that you deserve to be treated well and with kindness. Your anger is the part of you that loves you.
"Anger is not bad. Anger can be a very positive thing, the thing that moves us beyond the acceptance of evil." Now, what moves me the most is the contempt i have for who i was when i was complicit, when i used self-pity as the motivation for intoxication when i used anger as fuel for a rebellious signal fire that was only burning away my own potential.
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