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Dance With Me - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.wendylewtoda.com/projects/monterey-park-tabiji-eggshells monthly 0.5 2025-07-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/5e7efb36-915b-4bdb-ae6a-7b23018aba89/Monterey+Park+Eggshell+group1500++HERO+copy.jpg Blog - Monterey Park Tabiji Eggshells - Make it stand out One for each life lost. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/79074460-c615-4da9-902b-2030b02cb648/557084FC-C7B0-4EF3-917E-685AAB04615C.jpeg Blog - Monterey Park Tabiji Eggshells - Make it stand out The eggshells began as bright red, the festive color of the Lunar New Year celebration. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/afd18bc0-bc65-4e6b-8818-8272814733ca/180F94CD-24DC-45C6-984F-049257283F10.jpeg Blog - Monterey Park Tabiji Eggshells - Make it stand out Then came the painful, shocking news of the shooting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/ddd821f8-1bd5-400e-b5cc-21be8383f743/CC6ADE0C-4343-460A-8C1C-A1B101950038.jpeg Blog - Monterey Park Tabiji Eggshells - Make it stand out Slow, inky layers of grief built up till they matched my somber heart. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/25eabd27-f4fe-4373-b8e6-ae6b9d5ab9a7/E4D53638-C878-4EC8-ABB9-16131143BBED.jpeg Blog - Monterey Park Tabiji Eggshells - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/402eb199-dc6d-43ea-8323-588b0451dd10/49F4453F-92F1-4756-B796-EF8AA62AFAAA.jpeg Blog - Monterey Park Tabiji Eggshells - Make it stand out They sat on my work table like this for a week, offering a wordless way for me to see and be with my grief in a tangible way, each time I walked by them. I was struck by the persistent intensity of the red - the strength of the indomitable Chinese spirit. The insides remain white, reflecting my own numbness and emptiness. For now, this is simply a time to sit in the brokenness and to grieve, to not try to hurry the healing. Wrapping it up with a happy hopeful ending would skip what’s needed for healthy process. My work is usually photographed on a white seamless, but this body of work needed a more symbolic context, so the eggshells are shot on concrete. The contrasting hardness of the concrete and the fragility of the eggshells reflect the reality of life. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/116a78d3-db17-4cb0-bff0-491b1465ed68/Screen+Shot+2023-01-31+at+11.33.01+PM.png Blog - Monterey Park Tabiji Eggshells - Make it stand out We never know what (or who) will intersect our lives - for the Star Ballroom victims, it was a gunman and his bullets. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/4c1749e1-9b93-48f3-a681-86b3e4ca4773/Screen+Shot+2023-01-31+at+11.35.03+PM.png Blog - Monterey Park Tabiji Eggshells - Make it stand out We are broken people in a broken world. 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Media: eggshell, acrylic paint, thread https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/3fd8ea51-8eb7-4bf1-b66d-389b95f79598/20221113_095425JOY.jpg Blog - Joy - Make it stand out Side view https://www.wendylewtoda.com/projects/peace monthly 0.5 2024-05-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/ae5173ba-93e6-4149-a0f9-4e6be40962b8/PEACEtopview+copy.jpg Blog - Peace - Make it stand out Title: “Peace: Advent”, Part of the Tabiji Eggshell collection. “Tabiji” means “journey through” in Japanese. 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Media: eggshell, acrylic paint, thread https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/708427a7-1659-4435-a4b6-4e36e0222a45/HOPE2.jpg Blog - Hope - Make it stand out side view https://www.wendylewtoda.com/projects/hey-thats-us monthly 0.5 2022-11-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/777087e9-449f-4cee-82aa-90ab1d1b3566/Keiro+Showcase.jpg Blog - Hey, That’s Us! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.wendylewtoda.com/projects/honoring-grief-and-loss-preparing-our-hearts-for-the-holidays monthly 0.5 2023-03-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/1d0db5b0-3999-496c-bd36-5e51638f0401/IMG_2494+copy.jpg Blog - Honoring Grief and Loss: Preparing Our Hearts For the Holidays - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/1669307424176-O5HLQ2V7CPY7ETPG4KNB/Brooke.jpg Blog - Honoring Grief and Loss: Preparing Our Hearts For the Holidays https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/1669307424317-05NQ0RIIDBP5A37LHLPZ/Gary1+copy.jpeg Blog - Honoring Grief and Loss: Preparing Our Hearts For the Holidays https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/1669307425124-03Q326SDYM1YLV7SM2V8/Gary2+copy.jpeg Blog - Honoring Grief and Loss: Preparing Our Hearts For the Holidays https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/1669307435755-7ANTBJICARETK7HFD02I/Lori+1.jpg Blog - Honoring Grief and Loss: Preparing Our Hearts For the Holidays https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/1669307426963-YY8YNKZA4YH8NQJF40CW/IMG_0131+copy.jpg Blog - Honoring Grief and Loss: Preparing Our Hearts For the Holidays https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/1669307435680-RQ7VGCOGOZ1ZRXQW6JM0/Lori+2.jpg Blog - Honoring Grief and Loss: Preparing Our Hearts For the Holidays https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/1669307451166-YDQ15QGXEL7XSFYI483M/Jane+at+retreat.jpg Blog - Honoring Grief and Loss: Preparing Our Hearts For the Holidays https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/1669307437210-53EUE3NXKQENTBPGLAD3/Lori+3+anger.jpg Blog - Honoring Grief and Loss: Preparing Our Hearts For the Holidays https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/1669307439958-QEM5K2QR2R6PNYKNXAPH/Rose.JPG Blog - Honoring Grief and Loss: Preparing Our Hearts For the Holidays https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/1669307451103-BS68STTL7ATID8FQ2UOB/Jane+final.jpg Blog - Honoring Grief and Loss: Preparing Our Hearts For the Holidays https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/1669307451543-GODH4DA27X6AP7GFZHJ4/Jane+runner+up+1.jpg Blog - Honoring Grief and Loss: Preparing Our Hearts For the Holidays https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/1669307451609-1HPGZV18JM53ALOLG154/Jane+runner+up+2.jpg Blog - Honoring Grief and Loss: Preparing Our Hearts For the Holidays https://www.wendylewtoda.com/projects/wrapped-in-the-good-of-night-scarf monthly 0.5 2022-11-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/e09e45a4-8c30-4be6-b2cf-7b8efe0f6678/scarf+on+2.jpg Blog - Wrapped in the Good of Night: Scarf - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/745060b5-8823-4896-8699-f63111283724/blue+velvet.jpg Blog - Wrapped in the Good of Night: Scarf - What does night look like? It’s got to be a deep blue velvet. Maybe I’ll make a smaller proto I began with the sky itself. What does night look like? What fabric says “night”? If I wanted to wrap someone in this...cape, or whatever it would be...it had to be fabric. After an afternoon at the fabric store, going up and down the aisles, pulling this and that bolt off the racks, putting them back, I finally settled on this lush and lovely deep blue velvet. It held the depth of night so beautifully. I decided to make a smaller prototype first to work out any execution bugs. Maybe a scarf? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/98c4d675-336d-4771-8c81-c6c2ae833534/Screen+Shot+2022-11-21+at+11.20.20+AM.png Blog - Wrapped in the Good of Night: Scarf - Make it stand out How to create stars? I found I noticed lights everywhere I went. Hm. Lights would make great stars (These were at The Source in Buena Park.). I wonder how to get lights into whatever I’m making? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/4625ecc3-95f3-4443-8636-da2422a7ff88/20220815_110433.jpg Blog - Wrapped in the Good of Night: Scarf - Make it stand out Maybe lights on a wire? Checking to make sure they will show through (they do!). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/da07d61b-cbf5-4333-9a7d-932e00e02998/20220822_163621.jpg Blog - Wrapped in the Good of Night: Scarf - Make it stand out Yessss. Mmmm. This looked good. But the velvet was too floppy to support the lights. How to give it more structure? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/0e90102b-3b08-41f6-b56b-15113f25f4d3/20220826_084442.jpg Blog - Wrapped in the Good of Night: Scarf - Make it stand out A piece of polar fleece did the trick. The arrangement of the lights was designed, sewn in place, and tucked inside the velvet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/c7e242e4-07e6-4905-a52d-754fe9689fa1/beads+on+paint+test.jpg Blog - Wrapped in the Good of Night: Scarf - Make it stand out Added some pearl seed beads to help hold things in place front to back inside the scarf. Refinement of the guiding question is scribbled on the left. The blue paint test was for the Advent Tabiji Eggshells. That’s payne’s grey and anthraquinone blue for you color nerds out there. :) https://www.wendylewtoda.com/projects/inspiration monthly 0.5 2022-11-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/17c2812a-1640-4b79-b9e7-23fa8b1b10f1/klemen-vrankar-lcT_p8kLCsc-unsplash.jpg Blog - Inspiration - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.wendylewtoda.com/projects/how-baking-leads-to-art monthly 0.5 2022-10-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/16dfe36d-a1e0-4571-ab1f-44406e3c2e71/Together.Tabiji+Eggshells.jpg Blog - How Baking Leads to Art - Make it stand out “Together” Media: Eggshells, acrylic paint, photography https://www.wendylewtoda.com/projects/jzf9r9wabhgekdn0lec21zqy6eeka4 monthly 0.5 2022-08-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/a385f0bd-f68c-476a-adbd-863c87b13c64/Tabiji+22+both.jpg Blog - Listening to Art - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/9c33bfb7-263c-4bdf-b05a-a9035d0ee6c9/Tabiji+23+both.jpg Blog - Listening to Art - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/9eb26dfd-cdce-46ba-b813-815c336cbf1b/Tabiji+24+both.jpg Blog - Listening to Art - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.wendylewtoda.com/projects/the-instagram-mystery monthly 0.5 2022-08-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/772e3f76-0830-4200-98c1-d157b142f4b2/IMG_2364.jpg Blog - The Instagram Mystery - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.wendylewtoda.com/projects/marking-a-sabbatical monthly 0.5 2023-03-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/0c143adf-88f1-4e04-99d7-31d63c79cb5f/IMG_9632.jpg Blog - Marking a Sabbatical - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/0c0369eb-c7e4-49a8-85f2-12c9fc93e8da/IMG_1690+1.jpg Blog - Marking a Sabbatical - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.wendylewtoda.com/projects/aapi-alive-eastertide-devotional monthly 0.5 2022-04-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/789522ba-934f-4cee-8fc5-624d2ac90881/Screen+Shot+2022-04-22+at+2.54.33+PM.png Blog - AAPI Alive! Eastertide Devotional - Make it stand out A new devotional is released online daily. Click on the image above to read/listen/see today’s offering. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/1650993765934-LPSB985GDA5EBOSATUGZ/CU+150.jpg Blog - AAPI Alive! Eastertide Devotional https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/1650993749866-AFI5E33320U94RHC3YTQ/AGoodRepairside.jpg Blog - AAPI Alive! Eastertide Devotional https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/1650993765817-VT5VYHR4M5C3PV83QU3M/GOod+Repair+72.jpg Blog - AAPI Alive! Eastertide Devotional https://www.wendylewtoda.com/projects/motif-magazine monthly 0.5 2022-04-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/70e1d328-3f3f-43c4-b99c-6d6c9002b5bf/Screen+Shot+2022-04-16+at+4.52.35+PM.png Blog - Motif Magazine - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.wendylewtoda.com/projects/beyond-the-words monthly 0.5 2022-03-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/a1a944fa-9fe0-4596-8c06-440344069537/border+blessing-01.jpg Blog - Beyond the Words - Make it stand out Originally written for my "Step Into 2022!" workshop as the closing blessing. https://www.wendylewtoda.com/projects/step-into-2022 monthly 0.5 2022-01-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/00f0a786-43e8-4ea4-aef0-f99458ec4b02/group+shot+cropped.jpg Blog - Step Into 2022! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.wendylewtoda.com/projects/grief-and-hope-art-installation monthly 0.5 2022-11-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/1640128119774-ND3CLND08OYAWRYSQ5GN/detail+post.jpg Blog - Grief and Hope Art Installation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/1640128125539-OJK6M0CBY6LAV7XGPSMI/kneeling+post.jpg Blog - Grief and Hope Art Installation - Preparing the paint https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/1640128126198-2S7H14SYP8GO5FZF7N9C/standing+post.jpg Blog - Grief and Hope Art Installation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/1640128122001-S53HHD4T7M26V8TX7LOE/floor+post.jpg Blog - Grief and Hope Art Installation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/1640128122710-QPDBTX6SFPSY7MCBDK3Z/Jason1+post.jpg Blog - Grief and Hope Art Installation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/1640128123802-0GERNJL2WVA1IUZYHA2O/Jason3+post.jpg Blog - Grief and Hope Art Installation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/1640128117958-Y6LNRVD5MO8Z0TM7HCZM/bowl+post.jpg Blog - Grief and Hope Art Installation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/1640128120874-AMVJVWDTZA1IGYI62AO8/bruce+post.jpg Blog - Grief and Hope Art Installation https://www.wendylewtoda.com/projects/sending-touch monthly 0.5 2021-12-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/24637baf-8524-4b1f-824e-24ed8e077143/Touch+to+share.jpg Blog - Sending “Touch” - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.wendylewtoda.com/projects/letting-go-of-unhealthy-expectations monthly 0.5 2021-12-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/da05d842-820b-4a74-ab25-7056d1924e67/Lees.FB.jpg Blog - “Letting Go of Unhealthy Expectations” - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.wendylewtoda.com/projects/marking-lives-covid-19-show monthly 0.5 2021-12-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/280101c3-78e1-4261-99c3-1030182ce8f0/Covid+show-01.jpg Blog - Remembering Together: Marking Lives Covid 19 Exhibition - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/287f52c2-8a62-4ae9-8e17-a4c05f04be1d/Touch+site.jpg Blog - Remembering Together: Marking Lives Covid 19 Exhibition - Make it stand out "Touch" Blue and watercolor, for sorrow and tears. Applied by fingertip because the touch of loved ones was missing for most when they said their last goodbyes. Also a single pearlescent fingerprint, because your loss is not just one in a sea of hundreds of thousands of others. It stands out. They were your unique person. 18”x24”, watercolor and liquid acrylic on watercolor paper https://www.wendylewtoda.com/projects/caring-for-the-caregivers monthly 0.5 2021-12-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/23ff6500-4e80-4107-a29a-a1cf825404e5/process.jpg Blog - “Caring For the Caregivers” - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/acf1d71e-838f-44a8-a218-d840e42e13d5/closing.jpg Blog - “Caring For the Caregivers” - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.wendylewtoda.com/projects/sawubona monthly 0.5 2021-12-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/6c67b007-e25e-4e2d-a95f-a7993dcc469a/AACC+article.jpg Blog - Sawubona - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/1619238444395-KS5TZWHQ1GRWO0RQ6PQK/Sawubona+left.jpg Blog - Sawubona “Sawubona”, a Perspectacle exploring the ways we see (or don’t see). Mixed media: Paper, watercolor, acrylics, pencil, commentary, tears https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/1619237631258-D8BVE1THNH5OAR4L92ZT/1s.jpg Blog - Sawubona Reflecting the growing violence against the AAPI community, I cut two slashes through a painting that held the faintly lettered word, “safety”. The paper was ripped out of its sketchbook, then folded and smashed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/1619237690298-E06FHRGZFU892HM6NPE4/2s.jpg Blog - Sawubona The paper scars became arcs above the flat surface, creating a fragile shelter. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/1619237746310-T1T3ICJUBA3DH6TH3LC5/3s.jpg Blog - Sawubona More slashes were made all around, expressing feeling hemmed in by the possibility of harm. Would I be next? The paper scars piled up. The slashes destabilized the paper itself. The edge that held the page in the sketchbook was cut off - there would be no return to what was before. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/1619237794372-HZY6TPUIJUPV86A6HZMK/5+copy.jpg Blog - Sawubona There was something beckoning about the two small arcs. Why be limited to the flat plane of the paper? Why not build up into the space above it? The paper scars soon curved where they had once been flat, stood up instead of lying down, and became interconnected. A wholeness and joy emerged. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/1619237840893-2NNRNV3SHONQCX6B87EB/4.jpg Blog - Sawubona Was it possible to reach off the paper’s edge and touch into a new understanding of safety? Pain couldn’t be the end of the story. All things can be made new, so certainly this too could be transformed - ? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/1619237873711-UACVEM2DNECXCQU98I7M/6s.jpg Blog - Sawubona Snipping that section free, like a raft sailing right out of the sea of grief, I imagined being tiny enough to ride in its shelter and support, all built from scars. This felt like a joyful escape. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/1619237905918-ZR776M6V75YMHCG73CKL/7s.jpg Blog - Sawubona A hole remained. What would happen to this sea of grief? Surely it too could transform. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/1619237953011-E2JOYKZ4EZA1ML1FFLP2/8s.jpg Blog - Sawubona It has been profoundly healing to be seen and cared for in my grief. The remaining paper deconstructed and slowly became a Perspectacle* to explore that connection between seeing and grief. Commentary of thoughts I’ve heard and thoughts I’ve had lined the inside, for we see the world through what we think about it. *Perspectacles are mixed media sculptures the size and shape of eyeglasses that explore the ways we see (or don’t see). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/1619237995792-GIVODPKDNTM4B09CKJXD/9s.jpg Blog - Sawubona Stabilizing the scars with “stitches”. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/1619238026328-RMUWNA40OAC3VS8YK9LR/10s.jpg Blog - Sawubona Sometimes things are going along great and then something unexpected happens and snip! Back to stabilizing all over again (eye roll). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/1619238111378-FM59XTDEA9SS0F07WVZW/knotsmall.jpg Blog - Sawubona Sometimes we tie ourselves up in knots to be pleasing, to fit in, to not rock the boat. It usually benefits those in power, and we end up as caricatures of ourselves. We don't really get anywhere beyond being all knotted up, which is a cramped and contorted way to live. This knot is the nosepiece because these contortions are often the most prominent part of our pain, even if we are the only ones who see it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/1619238146153-9YALF6BXH0TC6BL1DKS2/11.jpg Blog - Sawubona Each time someone else has seen me in my pain, it gets a little lighter. The Zulu greeting “Sawubona” means “I see you. And by seeing you, I bring you into being.” The common response is “Yebo sawubona.” - “I see you seeing me.” I doubt I will ever get used to living in this risky new reality. Being seen gives me strength to stand firm and walk tall in this world. May it be so for us all. Today, and every day. 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The Mend Project - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.wendylewtoda.com/soul-shelter/with-you monthly 0.5 2023-05-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/1677521326028-78W22B50KFDW6E59HG6I/MontereyParkTabiji2.24.23side.jpg Soul Shelter - With You https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/1677521326050-PYYIYIDRJNFRGHJ2CF35/MontereyParkTabiji2.24.23top.jpg Soul Shelter - With You https://www.wendylewtoda.com/soul-shelter/dance-with-me monthly 0.5 2023-05-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/c755f012-7914-4dd1-86b1-3c89c603c3cd/artem-maltsev-dpE68T2MrGE-unsplash.jpg Soul Shelter - Dance With Me - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.wendylewtoda.com/soul-shelter/for-all-weve-lost monthly 0.5 2023-05-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/19cea1e6-406a-4259-ac81-4d1218974858/Monterey+Park+Tabiji+Eggshell+Broken+Crack.jpg Soul Shelter - Where does grief find you? - Make it stand out One of the eleven Monterey Park Tabiji Eggshells. Click here for more images and the creative process so far. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/060bae88-a586-4df7-8c86-233b32d624f1/Monterey+Park+Tabiji+Eggshell+group.jpg Soul Shelter - Where does grief find you? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.wendylewtoda.com/soul-shelter/emotional-dust monthly 0.5 2023-05-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/0d00c03b-d300-4df3-a290-d7e1965361c4/natalie-comrie-KyBu9OiG6Tg-unsplash.jpg Soul Shelter - Emotional Dust - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.wendylewtoda.com/soul-shelter/a-wonder monthly 0.5 2023-05-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/fee96351-ff25-4e68-9568-3ec390f9bf59/20221221_134402+copy.jpg Soul Shelter - A Wonder - Make it stand out Looking straight out to the water - Newport Beach, south of the pier. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/60086036-f777-456a-b7d0-98477dce0b55/20221221_134343+copy.jpg Soul Shelter - A Wonder - Make it stand out Looking the length of the beach, parallel to the water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/23ec53b9-1b22-4ffc-af94-b322dc67167e/20221221_134423+copy.jpg Soul Shelter - A Wonder - Make it stand out Thousands of coquina clams, here at my feet. https://www.wendylewtoda.com/soul-shelter/this-is-for-you monthly 0.5 2023-05-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/a649aa4b-72ea-4c43-8860-20e9b961143b/leaf.jpeg Soul Shelter - This is For You - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.wendylewtoda.com/soul-shelter/rain monthly 0.5 2023-05-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/8c4b7704-1b10-48cc-af16-1fb34678a25c/20221231_143918.jpg Soul Shelter - Rain - Beloved Soul Shelter friends, The rain collected on the leaves in the driveway yesterday - but only on the leaves that were upside down, their bellies exposed. It was there that these tiny sparkling jewels sat, balanced carefully in a moment. I thought of you, and of the way your life has been turned upside down, and how your tears gather themselves together in your heart, comforting each other. They bear silent witness to your grief at being treated in a manner that should never happen from one human being to another. This should not be. Not last year or the ones before that. Not this new year. Not any year going forward. You are worthy of love and respect. Always. (Read that a few times. It probably goes counter to what you’ve been trained to believe about who you are and what you’re worth. Stay with it till is doesn’t bounce off and you soften a little about being able to receive these words as your own.) Next, I invite you to speak it out loud: “I am worthy of love and respect. Always.” Be somewhere where you feel safe to be loud if needed. (Alone in your car is an option.) Say it like you mean it. Listen to yourself saying it. Look at yourself in the mirror as you say it. Yell it. There’s something good that happens when we say what’s true about who we are. We remember. We start finding our way back to ourselves again. It might feel weird and unfamiliar. That’s normal. All the more reason to keep practicing. Stay safe. Be wise. Know that you are beloved, no matter what. You are not alone, Wendy https://www.wendylewtoda.com/soul-shelter/fragile-containers monthly 0.5 2023-05-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/94ef5502-c48f-475d-aa51-3af89011c14f/light+eggshell+post.jpg Soul Shelter - Fragile Containers - Make it stand out Title: “Light”, from the Tabiji Eggshell collection Media: Eggshell, light. https://www.wendylewtoda.com/soul-shelter/thank-you monthly 0.5 2023-05-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/208337f9-9e69-4d67-9e74-8975b07da708/heart+eggshell+post.jpg Soul Shelter - Thank You - Make it stand out Title: Thank You! Media: Eggshell, acrylic paint, thread, PVA glue. ©2022 Wendy Lew Toda https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/f44d9c19-3e4b-4453-9261-5bf193d39427/heart+eggshell+post+1.jpg Soul Shelter - Thank You - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/885fd973-8389-46a0-a8fe-b7c9d3e56eef/Heart+Eggshell+post+2.jpg Soul Shelter - Thank You - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/90542ac6-e796-49ad-a536-c52939b6bbbc/Heart+Eggshell+post+3.jpg Soul Shelter - Thank You - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.wendylewtoda.com/soul-shelter/love monthly 0.5 2023-05-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/75a50379-d2a5-4e03-acd9-b155815beec6/LOVEtopview.jpg Soul Shelter - Love - Make it stand out Title: “Love: Advent”, Part of the Tabiji Eggshell collection. “Tabiji” means “journey through” in Japanese. Media: eggshell, acrylic paint, thread https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/0b8a80b9-0808-47a8-9303-e3ab6118d6b5/LOVE.jpg Soul Shelter - Love - Make it stand out Side view https://www.wendylewtoda.com/soul-shelter/joy monthly 0.5 2023-05-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/e45c9d4e-3570-425f-90ec-528f97e357da/JOYtopview.jpg Soul Shelter - Joy - Make it stand out Title: “Joy: Advent”, Part of the Tabiji Eggshell collection. “Tabiji” means “journey through” in Japanese. Media: eggshell, acrylic paint, thread https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/f5fd7125-e5ac-4872-9051-2168f91e3c54/20221113_095425JOY.jpg Soul Shelter - Joy - Make it stand out Side view https://www.wendylewtoda.com/soul-shelter/peace monthly 0.5 2023-05-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/e5048bfa-d3db-4eb0-aba9-8f7f7ab8d2f4/PEACEtopview.jpg Soul Shelter - Peace - Make it stand out Title: “Peace: Advent”, Part of the Tabiji Eggshell collection. “Tabiji” means “journey through” in Japanese. Media: eggshell, acrylic paint, thread https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/e0fa736c-306e-4ab2-b235-0bb0ad9b3305/PEACE.jpg Soul Shelter - Peace - Make it stand out Side view https://www.wendylewtoda.com/soul-shelter/hope monthly 0.5 2023-05-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/803361e9-c8cb-4c6a-8336-73efee9b8dd3/HOPEtopview.jpg Soul Shelter - Hope - Make it stand out Title: “Hope: Advent”, Part of the Tabiji Eggshell collection. “Tabiji” means “journey through” in Japanese. Media: eggshell, acrylic paint, thread https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/bf4a8e77-3db9-462d-8192-e67c6f1cc2f4/HOPE2.jpg Soul Shelter - Hope - Make it stand out Side view https://www.wendylewtoda.com/soul-shelter/lint-and-folds monthly 0.5 2023-05-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/a7c3cf43-c8e4-4c64-9cf8-fa7da5f2e158/blue+velvet.jpg Soul Shelter - Lint and Folds - Make it stand out Searching for a fabric that would echo the night sky as I create a way to wrap the good of God with us in that night around us. This deep blue velvet sings “night” so beautifully. https://www.wendylewtoda.com/soul-shelter/no-night-too-dark monthly 0.5 2023-05-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/fe51ceaf-5b57-4f0e-ab17-ae5664400e6f/klemen-vrankar-lcT_p8kLCsc-unsplash.jpg Soul Shelter - No Night Too Dark - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.wendylewtoda.com/soul-shelter/hold-fast monthly 0.5 2023-05-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/961f7ef1-121c-407f-a351-32fc6cc0c5fe/Together.Tabiji+Eggshells.jpg Soul Shelter - Hold Fast - Make it stand out “Together” Media: Eggshells, acrylic paint, photography https://www.wendylewtoda.com/soul-shelter/you-are-beloved monthly 0.5 2023-05-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/95dd3979-33f2-4478-87e9-2feb71d20bf5/artem-kovalev-fk3XUcfTAvk-unsplash.jpg Soul Shelter - You are beloved. - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/3fef2c66-5a4b-456e-8827-ca1ed0369bb0/photoholgic-Rik-zP7k4vE-unsplash.jpg Soul Shelter - You are beloved. - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.wendylewtoda.com/soul-shelter/dream-the-dream monthly 0.5 2023-05-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/7c5c0211-1920-4cfc-832c-88b2a26e7a29/JennyHolzer.jpg Soul Shelter - Dream the Dream - Make it stand out The typographic art of @jennyholzerstudio (imagine this up BIG - on the side of a semi truck or projected on a building). https://www.wendylewtoda.com/soul-shelter/im-ok monthly 0.5 2023-05-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/77ffdbaf-8255-413c-8a54-3988538b27b1/khadeeja-yasser-FHT0KEOwtyg-unsplash.jpg Soul Shelter - I’m ok. - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.wendylewtoda.com/soul-shelter/safer-silence monthly 0.5 2023-05-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/b55dbcc6-a7b7-4d6a-9dd6-45c2076a9fb2/ezra-jeffrey-comeau-bR98BKoTLn0-unsplash.jpg Soul Shelter - Safer (?) Silence - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/e46f598a-16cf-4aa1-a015-d4b70ab0022b/simon-mumenthaler-Cwgr37JBaMg-unsplash.jpg Soul Shelter - Safer (?) Silence - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/0dad71f2-eb9d-4eda-a731-3b09b93719a6/jeremy-thomas-4dpAqfTbvKA-unsplash.jpg Soul Shelter - Safer (?) Silence - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.wendylewtoda.com/soul-shelter/chai monthly 0.5 2023-05-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/c5650837-a93c-4c1a-82da-d1277c927a42/Chai+post+name.jpg Soul Shelter - Chai - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.wendylewtoda.com/soul-shelter/recommended-reading monthly 0.5 2023-05-19 https://www.wendylewtoda.com/soul-shelter/you-are-not-crazy monthly 0.5 2023-05-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/0cd9717c-d53b-40f7-8db8-ccf702ce317f/Untitled+-+June+29%2C+2022+14.36.38.jpg Soul Shelter - You Are Not Crazy - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/deae1291-312b-43bf-a484-f13b191af024/yns-plt-NY1D4Zni7fc-unsplash.jpg Soul Shelter - You Are Not Crazy - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/d0ffc562-c1fc-4dc6-8592-9b1fbf6c9776/huey-images-fwj-WgrkQOU-unsplash.jpg Soul Shelter - You Are Not Crazy - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/9ea0976e-99ba-414d-9bcc-1cf0c544bb8f/whirlpool.png Soul Shelter - You Are Not Crazy - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/f2499d3c-fa9b-4296-9d10-0151dfc042ce/eduard-militaru-dtuM342uTmc-unsplash.jpg Soul Shelter - You Are Not Crazy - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.wendylewtoda.com/soul-shelter/my-story-in-art monthly 0.5 2023-05-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/6593a707-384e-4601-a6a3-7fe236cc0c2b/Afraid.png Soul Shelter - My Story, in Art - Make it stand out “Afraid”, The Perspectacles Collection 2009-2021 25 mixed media sculptures the size and shape of eyeglasses that explore the ways we see/don’t see. They are presented in reverse chronological order. In particular, “Huh?” and its accompanying poem capture the confusion created by emotional abuse. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/cf036a73-6f29-402e-b93b-463e72d8978d/3.4+copy.jpg Soul Shelter - My Story, in Art - Make it stand out The Hidden Art Journal This altered book was reserved for raw feelings that had nowhere else to go, hidden away because it was not safe for these pages to be visible. There was something redemptive about secretly turning abuse into art. 8 images plus detail shots. Kinda intense, FYI. https://www.wendylewtoda.com/soul-shelter/my-story-in-words monthly 0.5 2023-05-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/908a9848-b9e2-4545-ac34-87f4076f6510/genessa-panainte-6R1QdBuyG6g-unsplash+copy.jpg Soul Shelter - My Story, in Words - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/4f1291c3-d129-4db6-a912-70fc95751a66/denny-muller-z3RuOvGU9ys-unsplash.jpg Soul Shelter - My Story, in Words - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/e5b4ef9e-02cf-4e73-aed2-17ad9f7f928f/mathew-schwartz-hQi0814a1sU-unsplash.jpg Soul Shelter - My Story, in Words - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/f24406c1-d683-49f0-9510-d4464b47e0e8/guzel-maksutova-B30XL_m3fso-unsplash.jpg Soul Shelter - My Story, in Words - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/8f6d6592-5d3a-4302-9c68-b1753f6e079b/ilona-frey-cGklR68MgIA-unsplash.jpg Soul Shelter - My Story, in Words - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/33f7625b-5c1a-47c9-9266-c3d6d003b9e2/gabrielle-henderson-ZyhjHpICm0E-unsplash.jpg Soul Shelter - My Story, in Words - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/0486616f-cc73-4618-9d95-e7de65922b6e/paper-textures-4SOWP1p8n0I-unsplash.jpg Soul Shelter - My Story, in Words - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/73107fe6-86dd-4727-b3de-60e0aa651c3e/denys-nevozhai-z0nVqfrOqWA-unsplash.jpg Soul Shelter - My Story, in Words - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/6ff560df-cb7b-48ba-b153-ce67f46a5c85/rock.png Soul Shelter - My Story, in Words - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/79714504-08d2-47d3-b50c-0a7ba092b29f/fallon-michael-zhrhs_Z9Yxs-unsplash.jpg Soul Shelter - My Story, in Words - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.wendylewtoda.com/soul-shelter/i-know-youre-out-there monthly 0.5 2023-05-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/1fa4ec82-30c9-4a95-a8b5-617fe85102f4/anthony-tran-3B6RfJQKBEM-unsplash.jpg Soul Shelter - I Know You’re Out There - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.wendylewtoda.com/soul-shelter/welcome monthly 0.5 2023-05-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/8bd9d2de-8912-4e68-8302-d5d99f77aa14/Tabiji+green.jpg Soul Shelter - 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The paper was ripped out of its sketchbook, then folded and smashed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/1618878507287-LGC9YTJN9YF4GW1LRZI7/2s.jpg Sawubona The paper scars became arcs above the flat surface, creating a fragile shelter. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/1618878541774-3A32PNI7MR44H0GE2F5Q/3s.jpg Sawubona More slashes were made all around, expressing feeling hemmed in by the possibility of harm. Would I be next? The paper scars piled up. The slashes destabilized the paper itself. The edge that held the page in the sketchbook was cut off - there would be no return to what was before. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/1618879382516-3DASD49WJGIDXXKL5NSZ/5+copy.jpg Sawubona There was something beckoning about the two small arcs. Why be limited to the flat plane of the paper? Why not build up into the space above it? The paper scars soon curved where they had once been flat, stood up instead of lying down, and became interconnected. A wholeness and joy emerged. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/1618878934502-WDC21A5S4V43WCH317AL/4.jpg Sawubona Was it possible to reach off the paper’s edge and touch into a new understanding of safety? Pain couldn’t be the end of the story. All things can be made new, so certainly this too could be transformed - ? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/1618879406284-WCIRJ18FZRKO0ZA5YBWU/6s.jpg Sawubona Snipping that section free, like a raft sailing right out of the sea of grief, I imagined being tiny enough to ride in its shelter and support, all built from scars. This felt like a joyful escape. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/1618879468729-QOWSYFRNRMIEJDCQYDYH/7s.jpg Sawubona A hole remained. What would happen to this sea of grief? Surely it too could transform. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/1618879494581-UVWX5PM26LM4HO8V3OTQ/8s.jpg Sawubona It has been profoundly healing to be seen and cared for in my grief. The remaining paper deconstructed and slowly became a Perspectacle* to explore that connection between seeing and grief. Commentary of thoughts I’ve heard and thoughts I’ve had lined the inside, for we see the world through what we think about it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/1618879530535-JTRXSQHQ7YVT58ZRFD3H/9s.jpg Sawubona Stabilizing the scars with “stitches”. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/1618879553002-U8JAM3DI5KQQ4XTPVTA2/10s.jpg Sawubona Sometimes things are going along great and then something unexpected happens and snip! Back to stabilizing all over again (eye roll). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/1618970062061-NBB1CAY5WHJWZKR5W9G6/knotsmall.jpg Sawubona Sometimes we tie ourselves up in knots to be pleasing, to fit in, to not rock the boat. It usually benefits those in power, and we end up as caricatures of ourselves. We don't really get anywhere beyond being all knotted up, which is a cramped and contorted way to live. This knot is the nosepiece because these contortions are often the most prominent part of our pain, even if we are the only ones who see it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/1618879587367-FWN04CMAH0FGRHYUIX9N/11.jpg Sawubona Each time someone else has seen me in my pain, it gets a little lighter. The Zulu greeting “Sawubona” means “I see you. And by seeing you, I bring you into being.” The common response is “Yebo sawubona.” - “I see you seeing me.” I doubt I will ever get used to living in this risky new reality. Being seen gives me strength to stand firm and walk tall in this world. May it be so for us all. Today, and every day. Sawubona. 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words - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/2bdab63e-8d0f-4e67-b000-ffe9808de7b5/paper-textures-4SOWP1p8n0I-unsplash.jpg My story in words - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/eaeefa2c-c53f-426f-8167-40a06a1ff3a4/denys-nevozhai-z0nVqfrOqWA-unsplash.jpg My story in words - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/ef41d911-54a3-41ef-a0aa-96f4e4832f03/rock.png My story in words - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. 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(click image to read words) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/b3b52068-878e-4530-9a5d-d2589b15693a/1.2+angle+detail.jpg Hidden Art Journal (detail) X-acto knife blade, embroidery floss outline of a heart. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/06959560-a1eb-491c-8f14-c293037f9817/3.4+copy.jpg Hidden Art Journal This is not love. (click image to read words) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/4b676d2d-4f0b-4a57-a378-707915ade704/3.4+angle+detail.jpg Hidden Art Journal (detail) Actual shoe was used to stomp/twist the paper and paint. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/b52ec455-6d72-46ce-8314-ca38f7de7639/5.6+copy.jpg Hidden Art Journal Dripping, droning gloom pours forth. (click image to read words) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/8b666173-c0fb-4c3b-9131-011b002696f9/5.6+detail.jpg Hidden Art Journal (detail) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/2b3f3abc-1f6d-44fa-a328-93aced31392b/7.8+copy.jpg Hidden Art Journal I want to live. (click image to read words) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/f64363a1-218b-4d56-b107-69b018463df3/7.8+detail.jpg Hidden Art Journal (detail) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/0ebadca3-82ad-42ad-82db-da0accbee896/9.10+copy.jpg Hidden Art Journal The trap is sprung. (click image to read words) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/084dadc4-cc8f-4d36-a981-79d763605bb3/9.10+detail.jpg Hidden Art Journal (detail) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/4cd715b2-67ca-4d03-9ae1-c6ef8542b68a/11.12+copy.jpg Hidden Art Journal Ideas die young around here. (click image to read words) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/4cf9e19f-b25f-474b-8bf8-fe89e805ef72/11.12+detail.jpg Hidden Art Journal (detail) Multiple pages were glued together, then cut into to create the graves https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/b73a36d1-b8d7-4281-85db-1d822b84db0a/15.16+copy.jpg Hidden Art Journal Letting go. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/5fcb856a-aaad-4de2-bdf5-a3d0fac22da0/15.16+detail.jpg Hidden Art Journal (detail) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/40e505fb-0997-4b1f-ae0e-ae778f323d62/17.18+copy.jpg Hidden Art Journal Freedom is possible. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/3d7c9a02-052e-42da-818f-d8ca5b43d80b/17.18+detail.jpg Hidden Art Journal (detail) It's a process. https://www.wendylewtoda.com/my-story-in-art daily 0.75 2022-07-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/96f856a1-4212-40c6-a579-1e3ae20b4ba1/Afraid.png My story in art “Afraid”, The Perspectacles Collection 2009-2021 25 mixed media sculptures the size and shape of eyeglasses that explore the ways we see/don’t see. 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Kinda intense, FYI. 8 images plus detail shots. https://www.wendylewtoda.com/7-8-words daily 0.75 2022-06-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/f3b002cf-6398-4915-8f3e-8c2a8c430af7/7.8+detail.jpg 7.8 words https://www.wendylewtoda.com/books daily 0.75 2022-12-25 https://www.wendylewtoda.com/contact-soul-shelter daily 0.75 2024-09-10 https://www.wendylewtoda.com/iv-tabiji-retreat daily 0.75 2022-12-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/e10c1866-5340-4321-9473-8349fe597cd3/Tabiji+Green++3a.jpg https://www.wendylewtoda.com/belief-project daily 0.75 2023-02-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/c4bb75b0-63df-42ba-8ce6-299a284e710c/01.jpg Belief Project I'm glad I'm alive! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/a09fb5cc-bdbe-4881-aae8-3c79ce939183/02.jpg Belief Project I belong. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/3e8f2a9f-5452-4b12-9f0c-2c53dee7c890/03.jpg Belief Project My needs and wants are important. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/46e05ed4-e576-4d85-8b60-4ebad1da5f03/04.jpg Belief Project I am glad I am me. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/31069f48-c92e-4392-a05b-5e760a4a45c2/05.jpg Belief Project I can grow at my own pace. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/cd98c0ee-412b-48ce-a51f-1e3ee6d322e7/06.jpg Belief Project I can feel all my feelings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/2fb56c4c-9fb0-43be-a105-0a1f6cb1d97b/07.jpg Belief Project I am worthy of being loved. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/af058621-df2c-4e5d-a9b8-606206989cf7/08.jpg Belief Project I am glad I'm a girl. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/1b840d84-9128-467a-8464-886a38103918/09.jpg Belief Project I am unique. I am one of a kind and I am glad for this. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/ab79b1b6-955d-4691-9374-a49ab51a9b79/10.jpg Belief Project My personal value is not earned. I have value that is not based on behavior or performance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/80c6862d-9f2e-48a1-9609-4c8817071304/11.jpg Belief Project It is all right for me to ask for help. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/3f8a5ebf-f58e-486f-be2b-bb6ad024c251/12.jpg Belief Project When I have a problem, I will know what to do. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/0a8a5fde-f9a3-4b7c-9d22-ff59ae4ed143/13.jpg Belief Project I can explore and experiment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/a59eac3c-925d-45ae-a05a-3dfc35c63f28/14.jpg Belief Project It is okay for me to experience new things. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/58c9ccea-1f50-4cb5-86a7-34b16155ffe1/15.jpg Belief Project It is all right for me to do things imperfectly while I continue to improve and learn. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/43446fa5-e05c-4e93-9b66-22f58bcd952f/16.jpg Belief Project It is okay and healthy for me to touch things that I choose to touch. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/14b706c5-06a3-421e-80fb-d1e93e009c2f/17.jpg Belief Project My interest in many different things is healthy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/f81826dd-648f-4dbc-9c7d-2b2e9513322d/18.jpg Belief Project I am growing and learning all the time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/bff3524f-f9df-4478-83b5-e3c3c8ff34b5/19.jpg Belief Project It is okay for me to be active *and* quiet and relaxed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/3738a6d8-62dd-429c-b41e-e0c2d61f9b79/20.jpg Belief Project I have a reliable conscience. I know what is right and what is wrong. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/f53bd9c6-70e9-49bd-9031-2ac709459d03/21.jpg Belief Project I can respect authority. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/0833a260-4cf4-4eb0-aa5e-3fcc8d00b06e/22.jpg Belief Project I value the people with whom I come in contact. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/d07934f4-9de2-4066-a867-93d6926ee32a/23.jpg Belief Project I am a valuable part of a bigger picture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/d49e65b8-3a55-433f-ad10-08afa2f89eae/24.jpg Belief Project Each person makes their own choices. I will make my choices. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/b3e7f69b-377c-4060-a8cf-2dc029b2d7fc/25.jpg Belief Project I can let go and grieve my losses, knowing I can rebound. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/78a50173-495e-4287-b8b9-a87ad5a20bec/26.jpg Belief Project I can think for myself. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/2b8279d2-8999-4474-a8cd-42af7af08b82/28.jpg Belief Project I can be angry and stay in control. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/43660ce3-6185-4644-8aa6-c5da31b7c626/29.jpg Belief Project I am lovable in spite of my mistakes and bad choices. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/6c10a976-8f4e-44ad-84a8-d94270920af5/31.jpg Belief Project It is all right for me to say no. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/3bc5882a-753a-4844-8990-71e7d0f5fa5d/32.jpg Belief Project I can set boundaries in all my relationships. I can adjust my boundaries as I choose. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/41873fdd-a45f-4a58-8b92-b3373c5061dd/33.jpg Belief Project I can trust my feelings. I can identify my feelings at any given time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/e0fb6307-38e1-4ac5-b768-b90744d32683/34.jpg Belief Project I am loved, even by people who are not present at this time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/f2013f9b-45ae-4f9a-b9cd-bcad9199c181/35.jpg Belief Project I understand that it is okay to be in submission to people over me (who are in authority). This is healthy and adds security to me. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/57ade9b2-5f70-4c62-9597-48cdfdc17852/38.jpg Belief Project I am becoming more patient. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/fb58271e-ea89-4c08-942f-6709b648dae5/39.jpg Belief Project I can complete my goals and projects. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/02ec7351-b32f-42a8-80c7-5f9e99f9d1f3/40.jpg Belief Project I am willing to accept the consequences of my choices and behaviors. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/282f102f-5dd8-4c97-9f75-ff82df203e17/41.jpg Belief Project I can meet new people. 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A question I wonder about lately - more often than I'd like. Fear makes my courage real. 3.2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/b8a640aa-7770-42be-b824-212dd8e4167a/Through.jpg Portfolio - Voice "THROUGH" The title is my favorite word in a prayer from the Hebrew scriptures: "though we walk *through* the valley of the shadow of death...". "Through" gives me hope. We are not stuck there. We do not set up camp. We are moving through. We will get to the other side. 3.2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/61d6fc72-d24a-4bf1-a4a3-2e7d8df6096d/Enough.jpg Portfolio - Voice "ENOUGH" Walking down the street has become an act of courage for the AAPI community. This should not be, yet it is. 3.2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/0a86f02c-efde-45c1-bbce-7268674c858d/Six+Fellow+Human+Beings.jpg Portfolio - Voice "SIX FELLOW HUMAN BEINGS" Mourning the violent deaths of 6 Asian American women in Atlanta. The families have asked that the names not be shared. 3.2021 https://www.wendylewtoda.com/portfolio/zoe monthly 0.5 2021-11-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/5de3fcc5-f312-4486-a9df-09c12ec875b9/Zoe12.site-01.jpg Portfolio - Zoe ZOE 14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/6b100bc4-dd35-4e72-b3a8-6ab851ca3515/ZOe+15+site-01.jpg Portfolio - Zoe ZOE 13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/8b79cfab-e13d-4f38-a879-a5f171992d18/Zoe15+site.jpg Portfolio - Zoe ZOE 12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/21ad16e3-664e-4a2d-8a50-5fb3507abdd2/Zoe14+site.jpg Portfolio - Zoe ZOE 11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/15125fa1-8496-4b08-97a1-10b7ca407b8c/Zoe13.jpg Portfolio - Zoe ZOE 10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/4768c00b-ee0f-4d9d-9a77-7f4e07d51ea3/Zoe11.jpg Portfolio - Zoe ZOE 9 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/e4e3262e-f2b6-4481-95d8-f8834bdb5798/Zoe09.jpg Portfolio - Zoe ZOE 8 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/b0152828-4c86-46c0-a453-e654533330fb/Zoe8.jpg Portfolio - Zoe ZOE 7 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/b3573a58-eefb-4767-acfd-292df0f5cc82/Zoe10.jpg Portfolio - Zoe ZOE 6 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/6c3b596a-43a7-4f67-a211-a80f2d237d2c/Zoe7.jpg Portfolio - Zoe ZOE 5 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/ffa673af-0c76-4ecf-b8ce-d62802380024/Zoe4.jpg Portfolio - Zoe ZOE 4 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/6059c4da-5fbf-4f06-82ff-84b901588d5f/Zoe3.jpg Portfolio - Zoe ZOE 3 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/14a7786b-7280-4075-b1a4-05cc42bd77b1/Zoe2.jpg Portfolio - Zoe ZOE 2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/0a076262-38cd-43b6-91a9-3ba261b3343d/Zoe6.jpg Portfolio - Zoe ZOE 1 https://www.wendylewtoda.com/portfolio/fish monthly 0.5 2025-08-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/ee621acf-a097-491a-95e9-f97ceae8ff7e/Chai+site.jpg Portfolio - Wish Fish - Make it stand out Chai The tumble of life can be beautiful, mysterious, and sometimes heartbreaking. It also invites us to explore - to dance with it, to grow into a new sense of aliveness and joy. What are we waiting for? "Yes" is a grand adventure! "Chai" is made of many layers of different leaves, like a big, shady tree. The blue represents the rain that fosters our growth, contributing to our ability to thrive and offer shelter for others. Wishing you a brave, curious, well-watered life! "Chai" means "Life" in Hebrew. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/896cdc51-19fe-4b94-9862-420f6a312002/Xaria Portfolio - Wish Fish Xaria Those who offer shelter and who stick by us in bad weather are gifts in our lives. In their care, we flourish and also become shelter for others. Shelter is represented by many kinds of leaves, in the shape of hearts. These make up Xaria’s body. A blue downpour and many light blue snowflakes symbolize a range of weather. Xaria is a name that means “The gift of love” (American) and “connection, path” (Arabic). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/8536b3e4-8528-441b-92ac-f8d33958c459/150-01.jpg Portfolio - Wish Fish Aliza I love the birthdays of those dear to me. Celebrating them creates a fullness in me that feels like tossing playful confetti and delight from an overflowing heart. Aliza is a Hebrew name that means "Joyful" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/c973fe9e-4cd4-43e2-833e-5efea47ad709/tesha-03.jpg Portfolio - Wish Fish - Make it stand out Tesha Tesha (not her real name) is a very tiny person...only 20 days old when her Wish Fish was created. Born with multi-layered heart abnormalities into the arms of brave, loving parents, then NICU, then open heart surgery. Family and baby received a stuffed purple polka-dotted heart to wear and exchange so they can know the smell of each other. Tesha (the fish) is made of these hearts. Her upper body is the colors of sunrise because her life is just dawning. They are strong colors because she is a fighter. The yellow "stitching" is knotted at both ends with hearts, symbolizing that she has been created by love, and continues to be held together and connected by love. She is looking and pointing upward with a smile as a hope to hold. Tesha is an Indian name meaning 'Happiness" and "Survivor". Wishing you the courage of deep love and connection in those moments when we are faced with great challenge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/87a1f5c0-de3a-4321-aa44-cd9055a11aac/Ann+site+72-01.jpg Portfolio - Wish Fish Ann For one who has quite literally sung my back to life, Sunday after Sunday. Her music continues to hold me with exquisite beauty and strength. It's as if heaven opens up and sings over me. Wishing you songs of joy at the core of who you are, songs that birth new life for you and all who hear you sing them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/e37d676b-0781-4279-99ce-ccebbc1d66ba/Zahar+site-01.jpg Portfolio - Wish Fish Zahar This delightful early morning dance of light on my wall only happens for a few weeks in the winter. I like the interplay of shadow and light - both are needed for visual interest. Each gives the other meaning and definition. Sometimes we get grumpy or feel shame about our personal shadows, as if life is supposed to be all light (Hm. That sounds flat, boring, and surreal, like pics with too much flash too close!). Why not welcome both? Wishing you gentle friendship with the light *and* shadows in your life. "Zahar" is an Arabic name that means "Morning light" or "Shine, sparkle, bloom". https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/433f28cd-ed17-4b5d-974a-7941ee3b38a5/Zendaya.jpg Portfolio - Wish Fish Zendaya Gratitude is a deep fullness and joy. It can well up inside us till we don’t think we can hold any more and then still more comes. Wishing you the ability to stretch to hold as much as you can! "Zendaya" is an African name that means "to give thanks". https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/3e55e457-1242-42d4-b8c5-cd2f8fbe542d/Sadhana.jpg Portfolio - Wish Fish - Make it stand out Sadhana The Wish Fish "Sadhana" is a visual explanation of my daily gratitude practice (a friend and I each post 5 things we are grateful for). It's been 4 years so far! There are 365 horizontal lines and all 4 seasons because it is that dailyness that makes all the difference. Sadhana's fins and tail have snow/winter on them because it is in those colder, harsher times that practicing gratitude feels most valuable - and also hardest to do. She looks surprised and is sitting back with her eye popping out of her head because of the surprising ways God meets me in the gratitude and I see in a new way. I am changed. There is also the element of returning and returning again to the practice, captured in the arrows of the fins and tail. Wishing you the determination to keep showing up where you know in your heart of hearts it really matters. "Sadhana", a name that means "a discipline undertaken to attain desired knowledge or goal, long practice/study". Sanskrit origins. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/710357d6-53e6-41c1-959a-7d322df47212/Patti.jpg Portfolio - Wish Fish Patti For one who walks in more suffering than I can begin to imagine. A wish for strength and courage to meet all that comes. Maybe that's you too? When we feel like but a faint outline of ourselves, even in that silent place, our dreams and hopes (the watercolors) can be held. Perhaps there can be safety in the stillness? A hand-lettered poem forms a permeable border - defining, but not limiting. The fins and gills say "beloved", over and over, reminding us of who we are. How we need to breathe that in deeply when life feels too heavy to bear. "I am an Outline" I am an outline, silent and still. No color. Eyes closed. Suppressing dreams Fearing disappointment I dare not hope. Sorrow too familiar Darkness of loss uncomfortably near. If I think too long overwhelm rushes in. Save me. Do not let me be overtaken. Yet perhaps maybe possibly some small bits of color shreds of hope tiny crumbs can remain held safe by the outline of the silence in the midst of the storm by One who knows who treasures who is near to the beloved heartbroken shape that is me. "Patti" has Old Latin/Old French origins, meaning "persevering through difficult circumstances". https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/49e92849-e2d2-416c-ba62-98d8486a9a1f/Aslam.jpg Portfolio - Wish Fish Aslam “Aslam” is a name with Afghan origins. It means “Safer, freer”. This I pray. Tears stream from Aslam's eyes as he swims forward with small, tattered fins and red-rimmed eyes. This prayer from PCUSA is for him and for so many others – especially the women - in Afghanistan. For those who are fleeing: sanctuary For those who are staying: safety For those who are fighting: peace For those whose hearts are breaking: comfort For those who see no future: hope Text was handlettered on paper, photographed, and then digitally collaged. Incorporating something tangible was important while creating this fish. There are real people with real lives and real loves caught in circumstances that may cost them their lives. I wanted to physically hold this prayer in my hands, beyond holding it in my heart. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/1632180816549-EC28LNNTL13M41PKV9F3/Trixie.jpg Portfolio - Wish Fish Trixie Some fish just wanna have fun. That’s “Trixie”, through and through. "Trixie" is a name meaning "One who brings joy and happiness". https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/1632180796776-F4YO26KEY9L68HEXN6CL/Ian.jpg Portfolio - Wish Fish - Make it stand out Ian "Ian" is made entirely of hearts - for the love that surrounds him, God's love in him, and the ongoing gift of his transplanted heart. He is wide-eyed, looking to the future, smiling, and a little bit transparent and ethereal. The presence of heaven is in him, even as he continues to navigate life with a rare form of muscular dystrophy. The 5 dots on his side are for these 5 years since transplant. This fish was drawn during a concert he gave at that 5 year mark, to help celebrate the miracle of Ian's life, expressed through his words and music. He is the son of dear friends. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/1631460899673-0OSA9NPZU5H6RJP1SUFO/Shawdi.jpg Portfolio - Wish Fish Shawdi A life of joy has a lot more to do with determination and intention than endlessly happy circumstances. Joy is gritty. It is built out of layer upon layer of gratitude, like the colors you see here. "Shawdi", a Persian name that means "one who feels deep joy". https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/9ed32cd4-18ec-448d-a626-d6c965c3b1b0/FairyGodmother.jpg Portfolio - Wish Fish Fairy Godmother Auntie Pru was my fairy godmother when I was little. She’d disguise her voice by making it very high and we would have these magical little conversations on the phone. She sent me notes in the mail and I felt so special! Auntie Pru sparkled, and was not the pastel fairy godmother type. She was boldly full of life, captured by these strong bright colors. I will miss her vivacious spirit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/1632180681096-37WI872ZB6L9EK0VO4JJ/The+Interpreter.jpg Portfolio - Wish Fish Isra Life can sometimes feel like a long journey at night - much is wrapped in mystery, the trees go on forever, and there may not be a clear path to follow. Maybe there are mountains ahead - and maybe not. Still we walk on, step by step, into the misty blue. "Isra" is a name with Arabic origins, meaning "Journey of the Night". https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/1632180669324-HZ45BP616UM3IYJ2QN5X/Fearless+Roz.jpg Portfolio - Wish Fish - Make it stand out Matilda Yes, she's got some nicks in her fins and parts of her tail are missing. This is not about damage done. It's about tending it, healing it, learning from it, and not letting pain be the end of the story. Matilda is a survivor. She is stronger now, eyes forward, joyfully leaning into the next adventure. Nicks and all. Her eyeball is sticking out because she is THAT excited about what's ahead! "Matilda", Old Germanic origin, meaning "Mighty in Battle". https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/1625961769374-FX5666WEPJL9BI68VAL2/Neshama.jpg Portfolio - Wish Fish Neshama To bless you with the deep strength and delight of soul joy, dancing with you in every circumstance - even the tough ones. "Neshama" means "soul" or "spirit" in Hebrew. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/e6b543e0-b68c-4f80-b5bf-e472c93d44f7/Athelas.jpg Portfolio - Wish Fish Athelas "While the others set the food ready, Aragorn bathed the hurts with water in which the Athelas was steeped. The pungent fragrance filled the dell and all those who stooped over the steaming water felt refreshed and strengthened. Soon Frodo felt the pain leave him, and his breath grew easy, though he was stiff and sore to the touch for many days." Book One, Fellowship of the Ring Athelas was a hard-to-find healing plant brought by Men of the West to Middle-earth. Aragorn had to do some serious hunting to find it. A prayer fish for Roz, for healing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/1632180611389-ZEIJDHXFO95H0D3GHJCU/Sophia.jpg Portfolio - Wish Fish Name Withheld Abandoning the Afghans who have put their lives on the line for our country is a betrayal of trust. Surely the red tape can be unstuck, and the tiny bit of blue sky hope for escape can become a reality. The texture of sand, the rising threat of certain death, the stuckness of the red tape, and the dwindling blue sky hope of escape combine in this fish. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/1632180587248-4KK41YN7HC8O1Y2OSXKB/Fearless+Roz.jpg Portfolio - Wish Fish Flawless Roz She smiles at the future. A visual prayer for one who is amazing and much beloved, to bless all that is lifegiving around and within her, especially her deep well of faith. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/1625961267157-BM6JC2V1UZ01TKPBJKCM/Hildegard.jpg Portfolio - Wish Fish Hildegard Viriditas (Latin): Green, growth + vigor, freshness, vitality. This was a guiding concept for Hildegard of Bingen, a Benedictine abbess, who connected this greenness to the vitality of spirit, mind and body - the greening power of God, and the creative power of life. May you find life and aliveness - and the greenness of creativity - where you desire it most. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/c7f3641c-d0b7-4dc5-8f7d-1551cf4441f5/Ringo.jpg Portfolio - Wish Fish Ringo 6.17.21 With the arrests of 5 editors and executives of Apple Daily, Hong Kong’s free press became dangerously less so. “It is time for us to stand with our heads held high.” - Jimmy Lai 6.24.21 Apple Daily ceased publication. “Ringo” means “apple” in Japanese. Palette is based on the Apple Daily logo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/1632180542718-IM51V5ER4ZCQ2XEKAP3T/Sophia.jpg Portfolio - Wish Fish Sophia Everyone needs a high place to sit, settle in, and remember a bigger perspective on life. Sophia means “wisdom”. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/1632180528422-1LUDVRRTXVZYYIGY2PQO/Qia%CC%81o.jpg Portfolio - Wish Fish Qiáo As I listened, I drew and bore visual witness to two thoughtful panel discussions about violence, lamenting, and healing as we build solidarity between Black and Asian communities. Qiáo means “bridge” in Chinese. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/1625961167312-MXCWJNTY3B99B0B2SC06/Netsui.jpg Portfolio - Wish Fish Netsui There are no small dreams. Even a minnow is full of life. Netsui means “zeal” in Japanese. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/dacc4f9f-f75b-4a61-93be-58692f8ae3c9/Patrick.jpg Portfolio - Wish Fish Patrick To bless the greenness of new life springing forth in you, opening the next chapter in your story. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/1632180463581-ZBUK5S5LX5OUIZ0G5KBU/Jothi.jpg Portfolio - Wish Fish Jothi Enough with being invisible! Time to be seen. Jothi means “A lamp that removes darkness, one who brings light”. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/1632180477446-DFNOH1MCZHLGAP2K22EB/Adrsyanti.jpg Portfolio - Wish Fish Adrsyanti It is a strange experience to be rendered invisible, whether it happens slowly, instantly, or by a paradigm that’s been in place for generations. She has no mouth because when one is invisible, one has no voice. Adrsyanti means “Invisible”. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/1625960946058-Q8ZDCJ96HGIAXVD9076G/Cleo.jpg Portfolio - Wish Fish Cleo Life has challenge. Life has joy. We can hold both at the same time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/26406247-7e12-4186-a9e2-c447c9c99bbf/Ki.jpg Portfolio - Wish Fish Ki For a young friend who loves the San Jose Sharks, and who needed some post-injury rest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/1632180387839-KVC7L4FFYPXUULABW97X/Flo.jpg Portfolio - Wish Fish Flo Swimming in the flow with such enthusiasm, she has become the ocean. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/1632180419803-GARUX86CLQOWSBCGYHJW/Tara.jpg Portfolio - Wish Fish Tara She offered the gift of questions: What do I love? How can I give it more sustained attention in my life? As I practiced my answers by drawing this fish, Tara’s scales and side fins emerged as watercolor and pencil hearts. She swims in love. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/1625960786257-74N9AGAY3928HNLQZSM1/Job.jpg Portfolio - Wish Fish Job We can be shelter for each other in times of suffering. Reach out. You don't have to go it alone. That's only heroic in movies. "Job" is wrapped in barbed wire because suffering sometimes feels like it is painful to move in any direction. Wishing you wise, compassionate companions on your journey. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/fc7daaf4-d95c-4009-a078-f6cc7a190dc4/Jeannette.jpg Portfolio - Wish Fish Jeannette Sometimes the love of a certain color is clear from the beginning of life and never wavers. So it is with "Jeanette" and the color blue. Here's wishing you the delight of a favorite color. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/1632180282086-ALCCYLINNO4TJ3SMGJFP/Cindy.jpg Portfolio - Wish Fish May Her body bears the 3-finger salute used in the Myanmar protests (and by Myanmar’s Ambassador to the UN). Yellow is also the color of protest in Hong Kong. She is bright, for her courage and determination, even in the face of violence. May is named after a friend’s friend who lives in Myanmar. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/1632180318185-DR9QDA1DRBFDCV3T0FVV/Sondra.jpg Portfolio - Wish Fish Justine She is made of lines because there are lines that get crossed when injustice occurs. The side fin is a heart shape because the work of justice takes deep passion to be sustainable. Her fins and tail are softer but not static, to communicate discerning, diplomatic movement forward. She isn’t smiling, this being serious work, and looks ahead with a watchful, open gaze. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/1632181497141-5G1Y76V76FV34RKKDZ52/Gene.jpg Portfolio - Wish Fish Gene https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/35443e45-cfb9-4e8d-b715-d2836ee5a05d/Fred.jpg Portfolio - Wish Fish Fred https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/1632180248334-NB21JE4F6MXQI769YCQA/Cindy.jpg Portfolio - Wish Fish Cindy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/1632180234259-N3ZAGWFON2FOROKX0IZC/Sondra.jpg Portfolio - Wish Fish Sondra https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/1624245264909-BVI4R1Q5X03V3X78FW38/Michelle.jpg Portfolio - Wish Fish Michelle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/1621825104887-NAERQ6QITGX9K2QDMRFC/Marian.jpg Portfolio - Wish Fish Marian https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/1612399745785-EBVA8CUI3G4V466I36JX/Advent-01.jpg Portfolio - Wish Fish Advent https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/1613773745256-EIQ8XGZGUNUCN13H3W8Z/AshWednesdayFish-01.jpg Portfolio - Wish Fish Ash Wednesday https://www.wendylewtoda.com/portfolio/perspectacles monthly 0.5 2020-12-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/1632184782563-QNXRBNC70XBJ64DPN5W0/Sawubona.jpg Portfolio - Perspectacles - Sawubona “Sawubona” is a Zulu greeting meaning “I see you.”. A common response is “Yebo sawubona”, which means “I see you seeing me.” This simple conversation is both my prayer and thanksgiving. Prayer because there's still so very much seeing to be done. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/1607142470287-1A7GPX9D7IK28Q0LI0B8/fearless.jpg Portfolio - Perspectacles - Fearless Real joy is exuberantly fearless. 6″x6″x4″ Mixed media: recycled eyeglass frames, paint, paper, wire. ©2014 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/1607142523854-DMASR5NABDQ2VQ5WU0C4/peanutmoment.jpg Portfolio - Perspectacles - Peanut Moment Sometimes what is truly important becomes clear in a single moment. Inspired by a friend’s new commitment to family after her grandson’s close call with a peanut. 2″x2″x1″, mixed media: peanut, wire. ©2014 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/1607142548274-0TB2GD8EJOCTHZE9ZTCV/light.jpg Portfolio - Perspectacles - Light Where do you need it most? 6″x6″x3″ Mixed media: LED lights, Tyvek, recycled eyeglass frames. ©2014 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/1607142589973-0BXNWYTBZ5Y5C0EOLVSB/through.jpg Portfolio - Perspectacles - Through The way through is not always what we think it will be. 6″x6″3″, mixed media: paper, ink, acrylic paint, thread. ©2014 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/1607142846236-WVJ5EFSQ290PKFUHJ4OG/withus.jpg Portfolio - Perspectacles - With Us Compassion weeps with us when we weep. This was made for a friend mourning the loss of her brother. 6″x6″x3″ Mixed media: facial tissue, recycled eyeglass frames. ©2012 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/1607142906430-97JK5IJ4JYLL263BKXR1/what+a+gift.jpg Portfolio - Perspectacles - What a gift! There are so many gifts to discover in life and in others. 6″x6″x3” Mixed media: wood, paper, string. ©2012 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/1607216883073-QB2TA8FCZTXN3CCB7OB8/Never+Know+When.png Portfolio - Perspectacles - Never Know When Life around a short temper can be tense and unpredictably explosive. Note the piece of sandpaper over the nose. 6″x6″3″ Mixed media: matches, sandpaper. ©2012 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/1607144931330-XDT5OVJKUBI7B1XN7730/enoughwinter.jpg Portfolio - Perspectacles - Enough Winter Where is it time for you to bloom? 6″x6″x2″ Mixed media: recycled eyeglass frames, paint, paper, thread. ©2012 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/1607147392167-PT97GYKO0WXYFQBYWJZA/gratitude.jpg Portfolio - Perspectacles - Gratitude What are you grateful for today? These Perspectacles are built on 3-D movie glasses - because seeing with eyes of thankfulness can take us to a different dimension. 6″x6″x3″ Mixed media: 3-D movie glasses, paper, ribbons. ©2012 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/1607145047033-JXFYQG4TBYZNK6O1SYL4/bettertiptoe.jpg Portfolio - Perspectacles - Better Tiptoe Where do you need to walk carefully? 5″x5″x2″ Mixed media: eggshells, wire. ©2012 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/1607145105351-NKF3TH9R3VMXGDVQ99GD/viriditas.jpg Portfolio - Perspectacles - Viriditas Creativity has its own life-giving way of bursting forth. 6″x6″x3″ Mixed media: recycled eyeglass frames, hand-painted textile, nail polish, wire. ©2011 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/1607145596509-TOAV0KU6D92X4FJHWW5P/MissingYou.jpg Portfolio - Perspectacles - Missing You What happens when a life goes uninhabited? 6″x5″x3″ Medium: fused and cold worked kiln glass. ©2011 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/1607145682007-G53EBKTEOD4E28PHQ1E6/backoff.jpg Portfolio - Perspectacles - Back Off How do you make sure people don’t get too close? 6″x6″x3” Mixed media: recycled eyeglass frames, paint, toothpicks, thread. ©2011 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/1607145752246-NBCPRF3DZ4INHCWQVIYC/barricade.jpg Portfolio - Perspectacles - Barricade We can always choose not to see what is right in front of us. What happens when we do that for a long time? 6″x6″x2″ Mixed media: wire, wood, paint. ©2010 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/1607146624078-LCE6K4WHOFXC1E9A1229/agoodrepair.jpg Portfolio - Perspectacles - A Good Repair Reconciliation is a fragile, brave, and often messy process. An argument begins on the ends of both earpieces, slowly progressing towards a good repair – a reconciliation – in the middle. 6″x6″x2″ Mixed media: two different halves of different recycled eyeglass frames, thread, paper, conversational prose. ©2010 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/1607146673066-OJJB4W1JPWBBUN8H7026/Sorrow.png Portfolio - Perspectacles - Sorrow Each tear is beautiful, even when we feel barely stitched together and it’s hard to stand tall. 6″x6″x3″ Mixed media: Fused and slumped glass, rhinestone nail accents. ©2009 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/1607146766637-VG53XP9IIK5Z9GRDV1LI/rainonthatparade.both.jpg Portfolio - Perspectacles - Rain on That Parade What cloud do you need to get out from under? 6″x6″x3″ Mixed media: recycled eyeglass frames, paper collage, paint, foam, glass beads, thread. ©2009 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/1607146861530-IA72DV1NTD2H66DM20PA/iwantthat.jpg Portfolio - Perspectacles - I Want That Envy undermines our contentment. 6″x6″x3″ Mixed media: recycled eyeglass frames, paint, wire, bamboo, plastic. ©2009 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/1607146922495-JYEKIMT2VAZ6BMVY392H/inabubble+both.jpg Portfolio - Perspectacles - In a Bubble Isolating ourselves from pain only leaves us lonely and unknown. 6″x6″x3″, mixed media: Recycled eyeglass frames, inks, bubble wrap over collage of monologue. ©2009 Read the monologue https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/1607147019273-NHU5BNTZP6BV8KYLV3QA/happyday.jpg Portfolio - Perspectacles - Happy Day Joy is an intentional awareness. 6″x6″x3″, mixed media: polymer clay, paint, paper, wire, pompom. ©2009 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/1607147072456-16UW4S6CDZUM23ICQZ50/huh.jpg Portfolio - Perspectacles - Huh? Confusion can settle into the mind like an obscuring fog. 6″x6″x3″, mixed media: batting, paper, paint, poetry woven through/partially obscured. ©2009 Read the poem https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/1607147205606-RBBA5YE24HROBUYN2DC2/arewethereyet.both.jpg Portfolio - Perspectacles - Are We There Yet? What are you waiting for? 6″x6″x2″ Mixed media: polymer clay, pencil, glass. ©2009 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/1607147301741-1VNZQCFZT8GT5RDSJA4C/mememe.jpg Portfolio - Perspectacles - Me Me Me Our selfishness is more obvious than we realize. 6″x6″x3″, mixed media: copper wire, mirrors, paper collage. ©2009 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/1607147228940-BI9N00M0E2U2SOLEHL6Z/afraid.jpg Portfolio - Perspectacles - Afraid How do you see the world when you are scared? 6″x6″x2″ Mixed media: recycled eyeglass frames, glass, collaged paper images of an ice cap in Peru. ©2009 https://www.wendylewtoda.com/portfolio/hand-lettering monthly 0.5 2022-05-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/566d4625-370c-4bbd-9c6f-83b312386c1a/border+blessing-01.jpg Portfolio - Hand Lettering - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/13877874-69d9-410b-843a-506699c0c1cb/Blessing+1-01.jpg Portfolio - Hand Lettering https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/01e01971-a14a-479b-b5fc-97cbbf995b47/Blessing+2-01.jpg Portfolio - Hand Lettering https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/e1c0dd14-8a5e-435d-9cdf-d363b709c995/Blessing+3-01.jpg Portfolio - Hand Lettering https://www.wendylewtoda.com/portfolio/paintings monthly 0.5 2025-07-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/ef20d545-5452-4a03-9d6e-b35dbed5468a/Touch+site+copy.jpg Portfolio - Paintings - "Touch" 1000+ marks to honor the 500K+ lives lost to Covid-19 so far. (1601 marks, to be exact) Blue and watercolor, for sorrow and tears. Applied by fingertip because the touch of loved ones was missing for most when they said their last goodbyes. 18"x24" watercolor, liquid acrylics on watercolor paper ©2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f727bfdac98ae54bba761ea/6252ae00-f5bc-4919-a7e8-c9109443f2ca/detail+small+copy.jpg Portfolio - Paintings “Touch”, detail A single pearlescent fingerprint, because your loss is not just one in a sea of hundreds of thousands. It stands out. They were your special person.