This artwork was created as part of a co-creative project titled Your Words My Art, a collaboration between Mari and their Aunt, Christine Nicholas. The collaborative project explored community, healing and self-discovery through poetry and visual art. This piece now stands as a lasting reflection of that shared creative journey.
Please note: This print is sold unmatted.
Poem: “Becoming Unstuck” by Christine Nicholas
 
Sometimes I feel my 'Self'
being swallowed up by
a winding, emotionally binding abyss
like water struggling to seep its way
through a clogged drain
I find my 'Self' fighting to push through
the muck of life
to become unstuck
As I sit patiently waiting,
anticipating when I will be set free
the slimy mass of my own fears
fights to suck me down further
drowning me into a deafening silence
threatening to stop me in my quest to
find my 'Self' again...
and then...
I hear a voice whispering in my ears
calling to my soul
like a sweet melody
urging and encouraging me through the
muck
to become unstuck
I follow the soft resonance of this Voice
...the words as they begin
to purge me through this pipe of life
I find myself suddenly wedged in
as I cry out to this Heaven within and
slowly, gently I surface
as the reflected Light of my path breaks the surface
the Truth of Who I Am emerges
and caresses my face with warm Hands
and I am relieved
as I learn to breathe again