Oil on canvas, 36"x48"
2023-2024
This is a cobbling of things that have brought me joy or shown significance over the past year. I have been focusing on healthier and more sustainable ways to navigate anxiety and depression, rather than using coping substances.
I am learning that recovery is not linear, precarious even, but I am putting intent towards it.
The title is lent from A Little Closer to the Edge by Ocean Vuong, “O mother, O minute hand, teach me how to hold a man the way thirst holds water.” A man, in this case, being my own being.
I am learning that recovery is not linear, precarious even, but I am putting intent towards it.
The title is lent from A Little Closer to the Edge by Ocean Vuong, “O mother, O minute hand, teach me how to hold a man the way thirst holds water.” A man, in this case, being my own being.
