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[ID: In the bottom right corner, a smiling, red haired girl in a tank top and glasses tilts her head, with its brain exposed, to the left. From it pours brush strokes of streets, grass, and sky, and her hair flows in harmony alongside it. On this road, drawn on lined paper, are doodles of clouds, as well as a car in which two passengers sit. One curses, and the other gives a thumbs up. A large pencil enters frame to draw them in. //end ID.]

[ID: Four images. The first depicts the silhouette of Jesus and Mary, facing each other and overlapping. There is a skeleton visible at the intersection of their silohettes. On the left side, Jesus is seen dragging a cross. On the right side, a pregnant Mary is seen riding a donkey. Both leave a trail behind them. There is text at the bottom, formatted like a Bible verse, that reads, "From the moment we become aware of death, it forever looms over us as an inevitable possibility. Some choose to fear it, and others, to run from it. To hide from the only thing, other than God, that cannot be hidden away from. Yes, we are all aware of it." The second image depicts Mary, nervously cradling a baby Jesus wrapped in a blanket. She stares at death, a skeleton who mirrors her pose. It is cloaked in a hood with long sleeves, mirroring her head covering and outer garment, and holding a blanket with no visible child wrapped within it, although it takes the shape of one. There is text at the bottom that reads, "But to become a mother is to face death; To look into its eyes and know it cannot be run from. When you hold something so vulnerable in your arms, death fills the room with its plausibility. You fear, not your own passing, but the passing of the life resting within your hands. God has shared with you the glorious act of creation, and the Devil taunts you with the devastating journey to the end." The third image depicts Mary and baby Jesus doing skin to skin. Mary still wears her head covering, but her garment has been pulled down to her elbows, and drapes over her legs. She kisses Jesus, who lays on her chest, as her tears roll off her nose and onto his neck. She rests one hand on his back, and the other is within the child's grasp. There is a block of text to the left of them that reads "I, more than anyone, know this feeling all too well. Tonight, my little Jesus, with cries soft and skin soft, you are close to me. You hold my finger in your precious, little hand, and your scrunched face softens in the grasp of my familiarity. In this moment, I dare not think of death. Even in death, you represent so much life. You are our salvation. Though I know it not possible, I pray that I can be yours. The weight of the world rests upon your perfect, little shoulders. I pray that my love is enough." The fourth image depicts an older Mary on her knees, clinging tightly to Jesus, who is now grown and deceased. His ribs are visible, and blood drips from a crown of thorns around his head, and from his hands. He has long hair and a beard, and wears a white cloth around his waist, covering only his genitals and part of his thigh. Mary burries her face into Jesus' and sobs. Her tears stream down her nose and onto his face. Her teeth are visible and snot and saliva drip down her lips. She wraps her arms around his corpse, clinging tightly to him, but still with a certain softness, as if she could hurt him. There is text on the right which reads, "One day, your fate will call, and I will question mine. God made us in his image, but pain came as an after thought. A punishment. He knows what I feel, but He himself cannot feel it. When you die, He has the hope of holding you in Heaven, but I will hold you, limp, in my own personal hell. As His people throw their hands up and rejoice for the son of God, I will cry out and grieve for the son of Mary.” /end ID.]

[ID: A mother holds their child, wrapped in a blanket, at the center of the piece. The mother is portrayed as a blank slate; They are a simple human-shaped blob with two arms, two legs, and a bald head. The child is similar, however they have two horns on the top of their head, one eye claws, and a long tail with a heart at the end of it. They are surrounded by a repeating pattern that portrays their journey together, extending outward from the center as if they are the center of a flower and each layer is a row of identical petals. The first layer is made up of sharp points and baby rattles. The second layer is made up of crying eyes, and the border resembles the shape of breasts and pregnant bellies. The third layer shows the mother and child playing outside, surrounded by grass, clouds, and trees that appear yonic. The next layer is made up of pacifiers, bottles, breasts, smiley faces, and the proudly mother holding their child while on the phone, bragging about their baby. The next layer shows the baby in their crib making happy, sad, angry, surprised, and bored expressions. The following layer shows the child and the mother asleep on the couch. The layer beyond that shows the mother feeding the child in a high chair, as a jar of baby food explodes with hearts in the background. The final layer, which is only visible now in the corners, is a home. /end ID.]