After the loss of my best friend, I lost myself. I will never forget my mother turning to me in tears, "It's like you died too." I felt it, dead, lost, I no longer recognized my own thoughts, body, or brain. It completely disrupted my sense of self and my understanding of the world. It shattered my hope and destroyed my faith. It's been over 8 months since she passed, and I still am in a state of perpetual grief, but I do feel joy. I have things I look forward to, and I've had enough good to balance out some of the bad. Enough to be reminded of who I am and who I'd like to be.
 
These trees are a reflection of that growth, that beginning, that determination, clinging to, and creating life. I have much to thank the trees for, they taught me who to be, the forest that raised me is my family. So these images, created in grief, will bring me life, color, joy, and purpose, enough to make today worth living. 
 
I will draw the trees, until I feel, better. 
 
Dimensions: 5.5in by 8.5in