Roses And Thorns (UNDER HEAVY EDITING)

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- How I cope with my feelings.

We all cope with painful feelings in our different ways.
Some people choose chemicals and alcohol to get that temporary high, while others chase that adrenaline to feel alive.

I have my own way when it comes to processing feelings and let them go. When I feel I'm drowning, I choose to do it with ink on paper.

I transport my soul that way to these words, and write about my thoughts and feelings to find clarity.

When it comes to my attachment to people that have left my life, I find that writing about what makes them feel special to me the remedy. I make them immortal with my words, but it helps me forget about them and move on with my life.

Writing is the type of art that heals me.

When my pen dances across the paper, the words form something gracious and crystal clear, unlike what's inside of me.

When the silence isn't as conforting as it usually is, that's when I turn the music on.

And when it all gets overwhelming and I want a break, I lose myself in a book, transporting myself to a story far away from my reality.

I make sense of my emotions when I make art, whether it be drawing or writing.

The creativity is able to flow when the heart breaks. Some may look at painful things that happen as bad things that weren't supposed to unfold.

But people understand and get in touch with their artistic side when they get heartbroken.

There is no escaping the pain, there is only facing it and embracing it, to be able to outgrow it.