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What are your religous beliefs if any? Do they influence your artistry in any way? - A fan

Haha sorry I never replied to this -- I never got it until now.

I have grown up religious but it has been in controversial light to me recently. Faith was a very big part in my life but especially in recent events, my art has departed far from it and has become a lot more real as a consequence.

"If freckles were lovely, and day was night, And measles were nice and a lie warn't a lie, Life would be delight,-- But things couldn't go right For in such a sad plight I wouldn't be I. If earth was heaven and now was hence, And past was present, and false was true, There might be some sense But I'd be in suspense For on such a pretense You wouldn't be you. If fear was plucky, and globes were square, And dirt was cleanly and tears were glee Things would seem fair,-- Yet they'd all despair, For if here was there We wouldn't be we.” ― e.e. cummings

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{Reasons to Grow} undoingknots.tumblr.com

“Let go of certainty. The opposite isn't uncertainty. It's openness, curiosity and a willingness to embrace paradox, rather than choose up sides. The ultimate challenge is to accept ourselves exactly as we are, but never stop trying to learn and grow.” ― Tony Schwartz

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{Reasons to Let Go} undoingknots.tumblr.com

“If our goal is perfection rather than growth, it is unlikely that we are willing to go back, because it requires a level of self-empathy—the ability to look at our own actions with understanding and compassion; to understand our experiences in the context in which they happened and to do all this without judgment.” ― Brené Brown

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{Reasons to Let Go} undoingknots.tumblr.com

“The feeling of shame has the same demonic potential to encompass our whole personality. Instead of the momentary feeling of being limited, making a mistake, littleness, or being less attractive or talented than someone else, a person can come to believe that his whole self is fundamentally flawed and defective. Such a person does not have his healthy guilt (moral shame) available to him. Healthy guilt would say, 'I made a mistake or a blunder, and I can repair that blunder.'" ― John Bradshaw - - - - - - - - - - {Reasons to Let Go}

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"Heaven knows we need never be ashamed of our tears, for they are rain upon the blinding dust of earth, overlying our hard hearts. I was better after I had cried, than before--more sorry, more aware of my own ingratitude, more gentle.”

― Charles Dickens

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{Reasons to Let Go} undoingknots.tumblr.com

“you think you have a memory; but it has you.”

{Reasons to Let Go} undoingknots.tumblr.com

“How do you know when it's over?" "Maybe when you feel more in love with your memories than with the person standing in front of you.”

― Gunnar Ardelius

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{Reasons to Let Go} undoingknots.tumblr.com

“To see a World in a Grain of Sand And a Heaven in a Wild Flower, Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand And Eternity in an hour.” -- “We are perishing for want of wonder, not for want of wonders.” ---------------------------------------------- undoingknots.tumblr.com {recovery collage series

To me, my art is not beautiful because of the aesthetics or how the colors align or how the pictures are positioned. It's beautiful and whole to me because of what it means to me. What it fights for. It pleads for the liberty of my own mind and sanity. There are things that were meant to be said and freed before, but I never felt like I could ever find the medium to use.

This one has no quote; this one has no applied meaning for the public. If you relate, you relate... and my heart aches for you. And if you don't relate, then there is no need for shame -- I just hope that my art has been able to reveal to you some of the real struggles of moving forward in life.

But let me be clear: my struggles do not define me, my failures and weaknesses are not what I am to be known for. I am not meant to wallow in the multitude of my own defeats and my own losses, but I am meant for much much more. I am a child of God, growing and learning new things about myself and about Him through these bumps in the road.

So dear traveler, wherever your walk is leading you or whatever wars you are preparing for or already fighting against, don't be afraid. Be of great courage. He who has risen from the grave is with you.

undoingknots.tumblr.com {recovery collage series}

Let’s Keep our Brokenness

- in the open jar of I-don’t-need-to-bottle-this-up - on the shelf of I-don’t need-to-run-away-from-this - in the room of I-can-come-here-when-I-am-ready - in the house of I-am-safe

Let’s Find Healing

- with the resilient body in which we have won and lost many battles - with the head that carries the wisdom that has fought your monsters - with the heart that brought forth courage when there seemed to be none.

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undoingknots.tumblr.com/ {recovery collage series}

Note: Although it is not a collage, it is a part of the Recovery-inspired Series. It will be available as a wallet print if you would like to buy one.

"What can we gain by sailing to the moon if we are not able to cross the abyss that separates us from ourselves? This is the most important of all voyages of discovery, and without it, all the rest are not only useless, but disastrous." {recovery collage series} undoingknots.tumblr.com

"In my deepest wound, I saw Your glory and it astounded me."

{how to let go} : understand that you are not in control... and that's okay. understand that you're safe and secure in grace and love. let go because it is safe to let go.

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I will now be selling wallet prints of the collages!

Whether you keep them in your wallet or in your room, may these prints encourage you along your journey towards healing and peace. Each print will have the corresponding quote/poem that was posted with the photo.

If you are interested in buying one or a few for yourself or a friend, you can email me at [email protected] or message me on Facebook. If requested, I will be more than happy to mail the wallet prints (for an extra cost of 50 cents).

Each wallet print is $2.00

Thank you so much and I would be so grateful if you could share these with your families and friends.

Love and deeply grateful,

Sonia J. Lee

“You look healthy.

And by that I don’t mean you look fat. I mean your face isn’t grey any more, the circles under your eyes aren’t so dark. Your lips aren’t cracked and dry and your hair isn’t thinning and brittle. I mean you seem more focused when I talk to you, You actually look at me and listen rather than being so unable to stay still or think about anything other than your illness that your eyes dart around the room and you nod manically the whole time I’m speaking. You seem calmer, stiller, quieter. You’re easier to have a joke with and you take things on board much more than you used to.

I mean you laugh now, you’re less serious. There’s life about you, it’s in your eyes and your smile, it’s in the way you speak and even in the way you go about your daily tasks. You look healthy. You look happy. It really, really suits you.”

{recovery collage series} undoingknots.tumblr.com

"Ignorance is often the blindness of the soul."

undoingknots.tumblr.com {recovery collage series}

“The woods are lovely, dark and deep, But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to go before I sleep.”

{recovery collage series} undoingknots.tumblr.com

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