*lying the void instead to break you open*. That's a much better perspective than letting it consume you. You have a rich vivid imagination...it must get hard to condense into something workable when you've been through so much and feel the weight of everything 🖤❤️
Yes, it’s very challenging. I would say thank you for seeing that and highlighting that. And thank you for reading this! I knew you would feel this as I’m sure you’ve met void plenty of times.
I fight to keep that perspective every day, especially when depression gets intense. 🖤 turning the void into an ally rather than an enemy does me the best 😉🙏
Oh i had a typo!! Yes I try and do the same, incorporate it into living, not always easy. You have been through so much...you do express and write really well 💜❤️
I know that place of personal grief becoming collective, like on thread tugged in a tapestry that begins to unravel completely. Goddess I know how it can dissolve entirely us in an instant. Your simple direct pointing that beneath apathy is anger, beneath anger is grief, and beneath grief is love, turned me like a key. This was a beautiful depiction of the very nonlinear pathway of healing. I am so happy that you have found the kind of love that embraces your wholeness, even those broken parts. That itself is so healing. Sending you and void girl so much love.
Olivia, this was beautiful — and devastating in the quietest way. I almost didn’t comment, because silence feels like the most honest response to something this raw. But I wanted you to know it was received. Your honesty is a gift, and I’m deeply grateful I got to read it.
Tamás, I really appreciate that you did comment, I know something like this can almost leave a person speechless and I just want to express my gratitude for you taking the time to take it in. So grateful for your reflection and support. ❤️
Thank you for sharing void girl with us Olivia ❤️ your words are so moving and so much you said resonated… art really is the healer. Wishing you and your fiancé a long and beautiful life together!
Thank you so much!!! I am so deeply pleased to hear that this resonated and moved you, and yes, art is such a healer. Thank you so much for sharing and for the sweet words of encouragement.! Deep gratitude for you. 🙏💓
My pleasure ❤️ Thank you for your generosity sharing your art and your story, very grateful to have found Substack and the community here who inspire me to keep showing up messy, imperfect, still that little girl with the big heart and even bigger emotions 😂and working every day to get back to her…sending love from London!💐
Same here 😂 soul reclamation!! Very telling of your name.. getting back to that little girl is that exactly! You are doing it. I feel mutual and gratitude for Substack and the community. I found here, it’s so refreshing to connect with people that are on the raw and wild journey. Embrace the mess of it all! Sending love right back to you! 💓
*lying the void instead to break you open*. That's a much better perspective than letting it consume you. You have a rich vivid imagination...it must get hard to condense into something workable when you've been through so much and feel the weight of everything 🖤❤️
Yes, it’s very challenging. I would say thank you for seeing that and highlighting that. And thank you for reading this! I knew you would feel this as I’m sure you’ve met void plenty of times.
I fight to keep that perspective every day, especially when depression gets intense. 🖤 turning the void into an ally rather than an enemy does me the best 😉🙏
Oh i had a typo!! Yes I try and do the same, incorporate it into living, not always easy. You have been through so much...you do express and write really well 💜❤️
You’re too kind Willow! That’s how I feel about your work as well.
People that get hung up on typos aren’t my type of people 😆 by the way! I knew exactly what you meant ❤️
🤣..I have many typos, not bothered by my own 😃awww thank you Olivia 💖💖
I know that place of personal grief becoming collective, like on thread tugged in a tapestry that begins to unravel completely. Goddess I know how it can dissolve entirely us in an instant. Your simple direct pointing that beneath apathy is anger, beneath anger is grief, and beneath grief is love, turned me like a key. This was a beautiful depiction of the very nonlinear pathway of healing. I am so happy that you have found the kind of love that embraces your wholeness, even those broken parts. That itself is so healing. Sending you and void girl so much love.
Thank you Ani 🥹
For your true empathy. ❤️🩹I can imagine that you’ve walked the same space as I have, as we have such similar stories.
A thread tugging a tapestry that unravels completely is the perfect imagery for that feeling of cording yourself into collective grief.
I’m so happy to hear that this. “Turned you like key” that is such a symbolic and meaningful phrase- beautifully stated.
I am deeply grateful that this writing could do that for you!
There are always layers to Healing and it’s true. It’s never linear. Thank you for taking your time to read. I’m walking this path with me. 💓🙏
This was a Journey if I ever saw one, and all the emotions were felt, glad you find someone to help you out the void
Yes it was!! And same here, thank you so much for taking the journey of reading ❤️
Heartbreaking and beautiful… thank you for showing us your heart 💕
Thank you Ella for reading. Fills my heart with so much gratitude for your feedback 💓
Olivia, this was beautiful — and devastating in the quietest way. I almost didn’t comment, because silence feels like the most honest response to something this raw. But I wanted you to know it was received. Your honesty is a gift, and I’m deeply grateful I got to read it.
Tamás, I really appreciate that you did comment, I know something like this can almost leave a person speechless and I just want to express my gratitude for you taking the time to take it in. So grateful for your reflection and support. ❤️
Thank you for sharing void girl with us Olivia ❤️ your words are so moving and so much you said resonated… art really is the healer. Wishing you and your fiancé a long and beautiful life together!
Thank you so much!!! I am so deeply pleased to hear that this resonated and moved you, and yes, art is such a healer. Thank you so much for sharing and for the sweet words of encouragement.! Deep gratitude for you. 🙏💓
My pleasure ❤️ Thank you for your generosity sharing your art and your story, very grateful to have found Substack and the community here who inspire me to keep showing up messy, imperfect, still that little girl with the big heart and even bigger emotions 😂and working every day to get back to her…sending love from London!💐
Same here 😂 soul reclamation!! Very telling of your name.. getting back to that little girl is that exactly! You are doing it. I feel mutual and gratitude for Substack and the community. I found here, it’s so refreshing to connect with people that are on the raw and wild journey. Embrace the mess of it all! Sending love right back to you! 💓