My work is a catharsis and evolves in the ebb and flow of my life experience. As a little girl, drawing and writing kept me alive. As an adult, it gave me voice. I believe my work is a gift loving into me from a place greater than myself.
For most of my life, I was a shadow; wrapping myself so tightly in the images of others, I sacrificed any dignity just to breathe. Voice was something unimaginable and frighteningly deadly. Have you ever experienced a breath as if it were the first? I have, and in that breath, I felt for the first time, heard for the first time, smelled for the first time, and saw for the first time. I tasted breath, and I liked it.
Over the years, I advocated and communicated through my work. Art and Poetry spoke the language of raw truths about physical, sexual, and psychological violence. Large scale exhibitions meant to bring people together through the emotional connections of each other’s own experiences. The conversation was as much a part of the art as the drawings themselves.
Today, I am feeling into a new space of experience. The little girl in me is re-writing her story. She is re-writing it within the perspective of a smile. Playing, laughing, building forts, and being with others. She tastes breath, and she likes it.
The shadows of the all of our life experiences will be forever a part of us, but we are walking a new direction in the evolution of our work and the creative process. We are breathing, and we like it.
Please join this active and creative life in its evolution and enjoy through the perspective of the intensity within my smile.
paint much love, always,
Connie Karleta Sales
a.k.a. This Crooked Little Flower
Everything from the tip jar and art sales go to continuing the journey here of advocating for humanity and paying ongoing medical bills. thank you so much for your support.