Painting
I lay awake body vibrating Tossing and Turning
The marks in the body flow painting an abstract story like stains on fabric trying to represent something not able to be expressed in words
Other
Layers of Healing
I fall asleep, not able to escape this reality To only wake up and find myself in a dream Where am I ? Why can't I remember body vibrating I toss and turn
Painting
Purple turns to black
Why do we walk around unaware of our own body's. Like a ghost moving in spaces. Before the path was uncertain, but it felt more familiar. Restricted to our thoughts, it's hard to get past ourselves. We live in this fear. Fear of the unknown... More
Painting
Seeing through
Im bruised But not like the physical ones Lingering through my body Appearing fading Appearing again pain to just a colour Proof of something Proof of time numbing
Painting
Soft Reality
The feelings turn numb My body tries to ground itself I lay awake in this unfamiliar familiar place Left alone to my own thoughts
Other
Taken away
I close my eyes but the dreams takes me back the pain that I was hiding from betrayed by my own thoughts confronted in a safer space I try to heal
Work by
Paige Dawdy
Drawing and Painting
“You can never really prepare yourself for anything really. You can try to prepare your body, mind, and essence, but it never truly prepares you for reality or truth. As much as you know something is...” [More]