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"Art should be something that liberates your soul, provokes the imagination and encourages people to go further."-Keith Haring

I was a victim of domestic violence. These are the hardest six words I've ever written. Ironically, I was a court-qualified expert in the field and could immediately identify victims, but I refused to acknowledge it in my own life. None of my colleagues, family, or friends were aware. It's insidious, slowly taking pieces of you over time till you no longer recognize yourself! 

The United Nations called it "a shadow pandemic." Worldwide domestic abuse has increased 20% with the onset of the pandemic. An abuser's goal is power and control: gained through intimidation, emotional abuse, isolation, minimizing, blaming, and denying the abuse, using the children, economic abuse, male privilege, coercion, threats, and a honeymoon phase. I personally was subjected to ALL of the acts, and still continue to be subject to many aspects of it. I'm revealing my past with significant trepidation, hoping if you recognize anything resembling these indicators of the abuse happening to yourself, a friend, or a loved one, you'll seek help or offer aid.

Art and those within its gracious community have been given me the strength to rebuild my life gradually. Painting 'Art: White Circles' @launaromoff,📸 @carlshubsphotography, curated @redharingla, for the charity @holdyoufoundation.

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