Sometimes the actions of others, significantly changes our lives forever. On April 2, 2016, my best friend took her life. I blamed myself for her death. Couldn’t I have done something to alter her decision? I became very depressed and full of anxiety. Without knowing where else to turn, I reached out for professional help. I received guidance with the emotions and feelings that were too hard, for me alone, to process.

Together, my best friend and I, used to search for God. We meditated by rivers, “listened” to trees, laid on rocks and felt their energy – we would talk of God and wonder. My thoughts and beliefs were indefinably affected. I felt alone and I felt no one truly understood how I was feeling.

I was in need of some release. Somehow, I needed to turn the darkness I was feeling inside into something that radiated her Love and Light on the outside. I started to doodle. I drew flowers, upon flowers, upon flowers. I filled up entire pages with flowers. I began to find comfort with my depression and anxiety. Drawing calmed my mind, gave me moments to catch my breath, and gave me peace ❤️f HEart.

peace ❤️f HEart through Emotional Art was the culmination of a journey seeking help to cope with the loss of my best friend.

I have never considered myself an artist and I still struggle with that. I tangle from emotion and what I feel. I created my first piece for a friend, which contained a horse with all different tangles. She loved it and encouraged me to continue this kind of Emotional Art. I found that the repetition of patterns, within a defined area, helped with my depression and anxiety.