This painting is about learning how to become a safe place for yourself.

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Until this point in my journey, I had learned how to endure difficult times and continue on anyway. But there came a point in my life when this was no longer enough. I needed help and to take a pause from life. I needed time to process things I had carried inside me for so long.

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During therapy, I was invited to visualise a safe place I could go to if things felt overwhelming. The sessions led me to understand that safety doesn't always have to come from outside ourselves. It can be something we learn to build within.

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This painting grew from that realisation. It represents learning to care for yourself, to offer yourself the safety and support you may once have looked for elsewhere.