the heart cannot be silenced, mixed media: tiger's eye and prehnite crystal chips, dried flowers, papers from my journal and to-do list, magazine clippings, oil pastels and oil paint on canvas, 36" x 36" x 1", 2025
the heart cannot be silenced compares my internal battle between the sometimes disturbing reality of the physical world we live in with the beauty of nature and the connection I have to the divine. Despite the loss of autonomy I have endured throughout my life, there remains an underlying current of hope inside of me. No matter how hard the world tries to silence women, the power of love is stronger than the power of hate.