tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268746983441346507.post5864419367564471036..comments2024-02-21T02:19:16.755-08:00Comments on Widow's Voice: Seven Widowed Voices Sharing Love, Loss, and Hope : Battle OnMichele Neff Hernandezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02356589209090780127noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268746983441346507.post-26183428111573265452014-07-10T14:48:19.119-07:002014-07-10T14:48:19.119-07:00Thank you Valerie - I'm so glad it touched you...Thank you Valerie - I'm so glad it touched you <3Arthelihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11898065902404091173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268746983441346507.post-19507768831338101192014-07-10T14:47:54.060-07:002014-07-10T14:47:54.060-07:00Thank you so much for that. xoxoThank you so much for that. xoxoArthelihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11898065902404091173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268746983441346507.post-14980973477955168832014-07-10T14:46:01.532-07:002014-07-10T14:46:01.532-07:00Tracy, thank you so much. I sure never ever planne...Tracy, thank you so much. I sure never ever planned to be doing a major project of self portraits, I can tell you that! (In fact before this project I never really photographed people at all, avoided it totally!) It is strange for sure where life takes us. I started painting within the first year of his death too - had never wanted to paint before and suddenly had this insatiable desire to just smear paint all over the place with my hands. Last summer I painted my heart out, it seems to have slowed now, or maybe i got out what needed to be expressed. Its so great to hear you are following that desire and listening to it. Keep going, it will teach you so much. <br /><br />Something an art therapist friend of mine told me (and why i do the writing along with my portraits) was when i felt done with all my paintings, to re-arrange them into the order I felt they went in. Not the order I painted them in. And then start writing and just let whatever come out that does… she said "if you do this and really open to it, you will learn whatever it is you were supposed to learn from those paintings" I haven't gotten around to writing about my own paintings, but someday. Until then, I just share it with others! Arthelihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11898065902404091173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268746983441346507.post-29055491997608982582014-07-10T14:40:04.663-07:002014-07-10T14:40:04.663-07:00Thank you so much for sharing this Janice - it alw...Thank you so much for sharing this Janice - it always helps me a lot to know what others see in these images. Much love!Arthelihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11898065902404091173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268746983441346507.post-52375187280151521102014-07-10T09:04:59.715-07:002014-07-10T09:04:59.715-07:00This really resonates with me. Your image perfectl...This really resonates with me. Your image perfectly describes how I felt for the first few months after my husband died. With every breath I took, every cell of my body was constantly screaming NO! Why couldn't everyone around me see it? It had to be written all over me. How could they think I was doing well, being all brave and strong? <br /><br />Thankfully, with time the horror of the No! faded, but this image will stay with me whenever I remember what it was like in the early days. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268746983441346507.post-28288497120093563582014-07-09T20:17:33.773-07:002014-07-09T20:17:33.773-07:00Hello, I read all the posts and admire every widow...Hello, I read all the posts and admire every widow out there in battle..battle that's what it is everyday..different everyday. Every month, every year..1974https://www.blogger.com/profile/03452038541844071655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268746983441346507.post-21494226101522162912014-07-07T16:06:50.537-07:002014-07-07T16:06:50.537-07:00Sarah,
Your work is really beautiful and honest....Sarah, <br /> Your work is really beautiful and honest. It's so encouraging to see someone bear it all. I have begun to paint a series to make sense and document some of my experience as I stagger through my first year. I hope I am able to find some resolution and strength through the creative process. As I looked through your work I can see that this is what you are meant to be doing. Isn't it strange that amazing things can come from such tragedy? Looking forward to seeing more of your work. Tracyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05387193455574319223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268746983441346507.post-13044430800054347432014-07-07T04:20:14.432-07:002014-07-07T04:20:14.432-07:00This is a very powerful image. I see the restraint...This is a very powerful image. I see the restraints of pain, the rage that goes along with it, as well as the breaking through. It's hard to look at sometimes. But coupled along with your words of personal growth, it takes the edge off. It reminds me off someone thrashing in denial and fighting to break free. Thank you for sharing this.Janicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13119305752920928805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268746983441346507.post-77433032526548139852014-07-06T18:38:05.548-07:002014-07-06T18:38:05.548-07:00This was powerful and touching Sarah.
I'm at ...This was powerful and touching Sarah. <br />I'm at 4 yrs now and I vividly remember those first few weeks. Of denial. Disbelief. And of wanting to be anybody but me.<br />Valeriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04512708135377541004noreply@blogger.com