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Art of Recovery

Julie Baumgart

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Julie Baumgart, untitled
After my sexual assault, I experienced many feelings and emotions. In the beginning, I had anger, confusion, discouragement, pain (physical and emotional), sadness, loneliness and fear all at once. My emotions came in waves and were very difficult to deal with. I tried to express on paper my lack of order and “old” feelings of joy. My hardest dealt feelings are on the inside of the fishbowl and I’m trying so hard to achieve the bubbles. I know that the bubbles are in view and I know that all the feelings I have are helping me heal. The blue represents pain, black represents discouragement, and red represents anger. I tried using pink, yellow, and green to show positive feelings. Although, most of my “old” feelings of joy will come back, but that is only with time and healing.

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