This photo is of a sketch book I was filling with Galaxies. It was my way of practicing techniques without the fear of failure on a larger canvas. It's still not finished. But I hope to soon finish filling the whole book. It became a source of therapy for me. Each finished galaxy would then get an inspirational quote of some sort, or a reflection of what I was feeling that day. 

These are all things I made after I moved to NC and before I really got a place of my own to do what ever the hell I wanted. All of these are things I created in a time of my Life that was not so great. A time where I more or less neglected my own self of Identity in favor of others. I've grown a lot and I am finally in a point of my life where I am no longer sacrificing my identiy to make me acceptable to people who don't matter.
I could just ignore this time. But I want to include what little I did create as a record and maybe motivation for anyone else who is having to live as a fraction of themselves. It gets better. Keep pushing, and do what is right for *you*. Not those around you.