Original Art: Voice | Listen For Joy

Original painting with mixed media by Melanie Weidner

Created in 2002 — 22 x 30 inches

Ink, watercolor

Statement:

Voice embodies a longing and prayer for authenticity and creative expression. Just after coming out as a lesbian, leaving my home and community, I worked for a summer at a Benedictine women’s monastery. This painting felt enormously brave (and private) when I created it that summer, yet it served as a kind of guide and healing presence as I slowly found my way through the trauma of all those changes toward the beauty of who I might become.

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