doorway

Mixed media collage featuring the poem "Can't Let the Day Get You Down" with vintage medical illustrations, IV drip, heartbeat monitor, wildflowers, butterfly, and hopeful symbolism about resilience, healing, and mental health.

Sometimes healing isn’t a dramatic escape—it begins with stepping through a broken doorway. Looking Out of a Busted Doorway reflects on releasing yesterday, embracing transformation, and recognizing that, like smoke, the pieces of us never truly disappear. The accompanying mixed-media collage layers vintage textures, symbolic puzzles, and luminous landscapes into a visual meditation on resilience and renewal.

transformation

Transformation presents personal metamorphosis as a sacred natural cycle. Clay overtakes the body, sage smoke purifies the spirit, worn clothing becomes a symbol of the old self, and fractured stone gives way to new life. Inspired by illuminated stained glass windows and ecological cross-sections, this piece blends spiritual symbolism with Art Nouveau-inspired botanical detail to visualize rebirth from within.