Well, today's original painting started out with some real stabbing at the page with the brushes. Pent up emotions, some of which I didn't even really understand, seemed to be driving the way in which the colors hit the page and which colors I was choosing. Afterward, as I began outlining, I realized how complicated it can get. Emotions layered on top of emotions--and how I have spent much of my life pushing them down, or judging some to be okay and others not okay. They're all ok. They all need to be expressed. There's nothing quite like art to help a person do that. Love yourself. Love others. Make art.

Love, Cheri ❤️™