#sunflowersforsicklecell

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In my "soft art auntie" era 🩷🖤🤍 . . My "art studio" is my bed and two small folding tables ✨ ️And all my photoshoots? My phone and amazing lighting 🤌🏾⚘️ . . I cherish art, fashion, music, and community; they save my life ✨️

When I create or intentionally pour into a project, I always dress for the occasion; even if I'm in bed, even if I'm in pain, even if I have panic attacks, even if I have seizures, even if I'm exhausted. It took me decades to cultivate this ease, this calm, this peace, this energy, this mindset, this awareness, this vibe. ⚘️ . . Energy, commitment, balance, and authenticity matter. So does showing up.

That takes alot as a person, especially someone disabled in general. I have a disability called sickle cell anemia, but that doesnt mean I'm incapable ✨️ As I learn how to care for myself; I learn to have immense care for others as well. My expressiveness is a culmination of those lessons, those decades of balancing rest with everything else that autoimmune or chronic illness brings to the table ⚘️ . . Even though I'm constantly grieving and processing what the sumation of loss + mending can make; joy is still generated, love is still generated, gratitude is still generated, goodness is still generated, care is still generated, nourishment is still generated ✨️ I enjoy doing this through writing, photography, videography, fashion, chromotherapy, music, movement, and bonding through shared experiences ⚘️ #disabilityawarenessmonth . #coolestjobever #softauntieera #prettyinpink #bedrest #braveyoungwomanandallherflowers

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( — in building connections across the southeast, they currently have resources in Louisiana, North Carolina, Georgia, Virginia, South Carolina, Florida, Alabama, Kentucky, Ohio, Illinois, and Maryland; as well as coast to coast, on the west coast they currently have connections in California, Texas, Nevada, Arizona, Montana, Colorado, and Missouri — their work is known across the world in the USA, the UK, Canada, Australia, Finland, Nigeria, Sweden, Germany, India, Brazil, Kenya, Indonesia, Denmark, Japan, Venezuela, Philippines, Jamaica, Italy, Switzerland, Sierra Leone, Costa Rica, Morocco, Peru, Cameroon, Turkey, Czech Republic, South Korea, Panama, Greece, The Bahamas, and The Netherlands — their work is popular in NYC, Chicago, LA, London, Atlanta, Baltimore, Houston, Charlotte, Knoxville, Memphis, Lexington, Chattanooga, Portland, Philly, San Diego, & Sacramento )

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💛♡🖤 Brave Young Woman & All Her Flowers 🖤♡💛 · Jan 17 – Jun 19 📸

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Start. Here are two photos with aerial views of rows and stacks of bookmarks that have a black base coat and background with individual colors drawn on each bookmark. The flower chosen is a rose; drawn with abstract line work. A swirl or spiral for the rose head, a single line for the stem, and petals with leaves that are drawn to show they have fallen off the core flower. This photoshoot took place in bed; where most of these pieces were painted; forev a bed of roses. Stop.]

Sunflowers For Sickle Cell

Sunflowers For Sickle Cell . 69 likes · 125 talking about this. ✨️ Community Awareness Project for Sickle Cell Families Patients, and Careg

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Sunflowers For Sickle Cell

Here are several unique representations of how art therapy heals / transmutes / alchemizes. My name is Liv and I've been fully immersed in a

Most common genetic blood disorder in the 🌎 .

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Dressing Roses This Friday Afternoon ⚘️✨️🖤⚘️

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Start. Here is a short 30 second video with audio showcasing aerial views of bookmarks (that double as door charms) that have a black base coat and background with individual colors drawn on each bookmark. The flower chosen is a rose; drawn with abstract line work. A swirl or spiral for the rose head, a single line for the stem, and petals with leaves that are drawn to show they have fallen off the core flower. This photoshoot took place in bed; where most of these pieces were painted; forever a bed of roses. The audio is the intro to Kiss From A Rose by Seal. Stop.]

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#braveyoungwomanandallherflowers #juneisblackmusicmonth #seal #kissfromarose #artinstallationstour #dressingtheroses #sunflowersforsicklecell #june #fyp #sicklecellanemia #mostcommongeneticblooddisorder

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Brave Young Woman & All Her Flowers : Part 2🌻🖤✨️ - Click to view on Ko-fi

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⚘️📸: 600 bookmarks; 300 chip clip magnets; 200 heart magnets; and counting / growing — the most current set pictures a total of 130 individual pieces going through the layering process with 45 complete

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📸 Series: Brave Young Woman & All Her Flowers

⚘️ Subseries: Unfinished; & Still Growing

🌈 Artist: @chronicallyliv — painter, writer, and photographer

🖤 Tour Rotation: Spring 2026, Vol. 1

🌻 View More: Sunflowers For Sickle Cell (link in bio)

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#sicklecellanemia #sunflowersforsicklecell #bedofroses #semicolonproject #fyp #mayismentalhealthawarenessmonth

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✨️ spring tour 2026 || unfinished; & still growing ⚘️

in learning how to mend / cope with such a multitude to the facets of my life, i have found that art, music, and community heal me the most. in 2025 i started a collaborative art therapy page / movement / awareness campaign called sunflowers for sickle cell. in 2026 i started my subseries called brave young woman and all her flowers (accompanying a poem written previously in july of last year; brave young woman and her kentucky blues; link in caption)

life went on and seasons changed; but the thing that always brought me back from the brink; art / music / and fashion. i have sickle cell anemia, social anxiety, AVN, C-PTSD, reactive seizures (as a result of a doctor purposely administering a lethal dose of adenosine in response to me expressing discomfort about my treatment plan), tachycardia, and vagus nerve damage (as a result of an impromptu surgery). i have survived SA, depression, and several bouts of passive sxicide and ideations.

this current project for brave young woman and all her flowers is a result of soothing intense ptsd brought on by many of the events listed above. with adding to my diagnosis list in 2025, i believe in a response to persistent overstimulation of my nervous system that my allergic reactions (15 new allergies in just under three months) are my body's way of safely processing stress ✨️

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⚘️📸: impromptu photo dump, pls enjoy ✨️⚘️

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⚘️📸: with a small blurb about where im going and where ive been; they said it couldn't be done but im living proof that it can; abstract art series with accents + line work.

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⚘️📸: as a toddler i had speech, occupational, and physical therapies all before the age of 4 or 5 with continued respiratory therapy and physical therapy for years to come. after my first sickle cell crisis at the age of 2, doctors told my parents id be brain-dxxd. after that they said i wouldn't walk, and after that they said i wouldn't be able to speak.

during grade school reading, writing, and numbers became my favorite things. even though i deeply enjoyed art class + crafting in girlscouts, i wasn't confident enough yet to claim being an artist. all i ever did was doodle; numbers, flowers, and geometric shapes.

life went on and seasons changed; but the thing that always brought me back from the brink; art / music / and fashion. i have sickle cell anemia, social anxiety, AVN, C-PTSD, reactive seizures (as a result of a doctor purposely administering a lethal dose of adenosine in response to me expressing discomfort about my treatment plan), tachycardia, and vagus nerve damage (as a result of an impromptu surgery). i have survived SA, depression, and several bouts of passive sxicide and ideations.

in learning how to mend / cope with such a multitude to the facets of my life, i have found that art, music, and community heal me the most. in 2025 i started a collaborative art therapy page / movement / awareness campaign called sunflowers for sickle cell. in 2026 i started my subseries called brave young woman and all her flowers (accompanying a poem written previously in july of last year; brave young woman and her kentucky blues; link in bio)

this current project for brave young woman and all her flowers is a result of soothing intense ptsd brought on by many of the events listed above. with adding to my diagnosis list in 2025, i believe in a response to persistent overstimulation of my nervous system that my allergic reactions (15 new allergies in just under three months) are my body's way of safely processing stress ✨️

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📸🔐: May 1st: Spring Debut & First Looks

📆🔐: Next Installation : Unfinished & Still Growing

⚘️ Series: Brave Young Woman & All Her Flowers ⚘️

[Image Description:

Here are three aerial views of a photo of rows and stacks of bookmarks that have a black base coat and background with individual colors drawn on each bookmark. The flower chosen is a rose; drawn with abstract line work. A swirl or spiral for the rose head, a single line for the stem, and petals with leaves that are drawn to show they have fallen off the core flower. Next to the bookmarks lays a service dog and a computer screen with showing star trek paused across the screen. This photoshoot took place in bed; now it's literally a bed of roses.]

#sneakpeek #sunflowersforsicklecell #visibilitymatters

[empathwitchliv]

✨️ process pics w progress speaking on art therapy ✨️

( — in building connections across the southeast, I currently have resources in Louisiana, North Carolina, Georgia, Virginia, South Carolina, Florida, Alabama, Kentucky, Ohio, Illinois, and Maryland;

— as well as coast to coast, on the west coast I currently have connections in California, Texas, Nevada, Arizona, Montana, and Colorado

— my work is known across the world in the USA, the UK, Canada, Australia, Finland, Nigeria, Sweden, Germany, India, Brazil, Kenya, Indonesia, Denmark, Japan, Venezuela, Philippines, Jamaica, Sierra Leone, and Costa Rica

— my work is popular in NYC, Chicago, LA, London, Atlanta, Baltimore, Houston, Charlotte, Knoxville, Memphis, Lexington, Portland, and Philly)