Clarity, 2024

Clarity, 2024

Cotton yarn, denim, acrylic paint, wood frame 

20 x 80 in, $500 

Years ago when I was in the midst of an abusive relationship, I wrote poems as a way to cope. At the time I did not realize my relationship was as toxic as it was, and I thought of my poems as something a lovesick child would write. Years later I read through the poems again and saw what was there all alone - the need to get out of the situation I was in. This six and a half foot piece is the scream I wish I could have released at the time, the cry for help. Denim is interwoven into the white cotton banner as a way to show my solidarity with all other victims of sexual assault.