I think you've got to get out whatever's hurting you through your art, so it doesn't twist you up inside.
Cheryl RainfieldI was focused before - obsessed, really - with the appearance of perfection. But what did that ever bring me but pain? Pain and not seeing people for who they really are. If I ever get out of here, I'll look at people differently. I'll look for their true selves beneath the mask of their bodies. I'll look at soul.
Cheryl RainfieldMy scars show pain and suffering, but they also show my will to survive. They're part of my history that'll always be there.
Cheryl RainfieldYou can see when someone's been hurt the way I was. It's obvious. Something changes in their eyes; pain becomes their center, even when they try to hide it.
Cheryl RainfieldAnd I'm still alive. That's what I have to focus on. Because I want to live. Even now I can't let myself give up. And that's something I didn't know about myself before - that I have such dogged determination and strength. That I can be completely focused on a goal and work long past what I thought my endurance was, when I have to.
Cheryl Rainfield