MUCKY drawing I AM FeeLing completely mucky today too. everyone at school seems so much tougher + pulled together and not so emotionally involved. I get so mad at MYSELF FOR 'caring so deeply' AND 'MAINTAINING' all this stuff in me that FEELS SO PATHectic. I want to put my tHINKing in HYBernation FOR A WHile.

I have learned that frustration is allowed and talking it through is necessary.

I have learned to take a bit more off and rest a little deeper.

Honor your humanness and all of your feelings - the messy ones, the growing pains, the ache - because we can't have the dark without the light.

I have learned that trust comes and goes and love comes before hate. Elise age 10.

I am afraid to show you who I really am, because if I show you who I really am, you might not like it--and that's all I got.

I believe in myself. I believe in my vision, my life, my talent, my art. More than anyone. No one can take that away from me.