Wishing (Greeting Cards)

Wishing

Keep wishing on stars.

You're more wondrous than you know.

Celebrate this new beginning

that will bring all that you are hoping for

and dreaming of.

Hope will come to us like the rain,

that waters the earth with peace.

May the peace be with you

and guide you always.

Enjoy your journey

In every way.

Fill your heart with your dream.

It will find you.

Every dream will be found.

Have a wonderful

memorable

beautiful

life.

Stealing The Color (The New Yorker)

Stealing The Color

Some terrible thing has happened to this girl.

I draw it just so I can remember it.

A beautiful garden,

Willow trees, roses,

everything symmetrical.

vibrant.

Sexual bewilderment.

You could smell that they're using you.

Flashbacks in the garden

She abandoned herself

She was disturbed by

the police presence, the dark clothes,

the disappearance of nail polish.

Life was nothing like what she remembered.

It was as if everything lost color and suddenly

went to black-and-white.

She was in love.

And that dream she had fell apart

She was raped.

The minute you get to the garden, it becomes realistic.

She just jumped off the roof

into the garden's eerie calm.

Following a dead woman down the street,

She becomes a ghost.

That garden completely changed my life.

It separated us,

Women Without Men

forever.

The Beginning Is Near. (made from fortunes from fortune cookies)

The Beginning Is Near.

To give is to deserve

But love is acting

not feeling

Trust

But still keep your eyes open.

Look first to yourself.

The best mirror

is often your eyes.

You are the guiding star

in your existence.

Stay strong.

You will step on the soil

of past misfortune.

But there are lessons to learn

There is enough time

To take a different path.

Happiness is around the corner.

Down the next street.

You have a deep emotional nature

Strong and sensitive.

Look first to yourself.

Not him, or his eyes.

Joyfulness prolongs your days.

Happiness.

Feel it.

Trust it.

But still keep strong.

It's Not Your Fault (pamphlet on dealing with rape & sexual assault)

"It's not your fault"

She didn't scream

She did not fight back

She was drinking.

these are excuses.

NEVER blame yourself.

Listening not judging

Listening not prying

It's normal to feel angry, afraid, anxious

Feelings intensify and overwhelm

Sit with your silences.

Protect yourself

Discomfort

Aggressive behavior

feeling vulnerable

find a way out.

If it feels like you're being pressured

then you are.

"NO" means "NO"

A Harder Rain's Gunna Fall (Digital Collage: NY Times Online)

A Harder Rain's Gunna Fall: They shoot people from ambulances

He blew kisses to the crowd.

He urged them to fight

to fight to the death.

protesters tried to march

thousands streamed out

of mosques after prayers

sending forces to join the fight.

the capital had fallen to rebels.

the violence broke out.

young loyalists charged with emotion,

triumph and anger

fight for justice and freedom.

"This is the invincible force of youth,"

he said,

"Life without dignity is useless."

The antigovernment

The last strongholds in a widespread rebellion.

"Every individual will be armed,"

he said.

They have no freedom.

the life of pride, unity and dignity,

the flag flying and hoisted.

They want freedom, too.

young loyalists, young supporters

thousands shot dead

and left without a prayer.

The coffins of dead protesters

bodies being taken away

to beaches to be burned.

it will become a hell...

Creator or Liar? (made from small booklet about accepting Jesus)

Creator or Liar?

God created heaven

out of the dust of the earth.

He made man

and man was given a choice

good or evil

to obey or disobey

Sinner multiplied and

covered the earth...

God loved them

and watched over them.

But violence was everywhere.

They rebelled and killed the prophets.

Jesus was born,

He was the world

and the world was made by him.

His was the only perfect life ever lived.

He was challenged and crucified.

Satan- the powers of darkness

They crucified the Lord.

The devil and his angels loved the world,

But claim Jesus was a liar.

God was broken

and man was lost.

The lost shall be cast into the

lake of fire...

God destroyed the earth with water.

Enter into the joy of thy Lord!

Nobody else can save you.

Disordered Eating (Made from pamphlets about eating disorder awareness)

Disordered Eating

Afraid, angry and helpless.

These feelings are natural.

Ask for help.

Admit concerns.

You are doing the right thing.

Figure out what to do next.

What to say

Where to go for help.

There are people out there who understand

Self-starvation

Binge eating and purging

over-exercising

vomiting

feeling out of control,

ashamed

disgusted

feel nothing at all.

Beauty and shape

weight or body size

be aware of the ways your beliefs

about your body

your healthy and strong body

are influenced by our society.

Take good care of yourself.

Cycles of pain or fear

and the need to feel control

can become destructive obsessions.

your body image is being manipulated

Know the difference,

Respect yourself.