#breakopen

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This photo is part of an epic #instagrid layout. Please visit my profile to get the actual experience. Honestly, I don't have a clue how this is going to be taken. I made this image out of commitment to continue to create every day. It's sometimes ugly what we create, especially when it's raw, but it's more honest. I can't monitor and censor what I create just because I want to be nice, or take political sides, or even make it look "perfect." I'm just going to express. Just because it's spontaneous doesn't mean it doesn't have some thought to it. At first, I constructed a mountain filled with white, smiling faces. Corporate faces. Cookie cutter faces. Something dead inside behind that smile, but comfortable. The picture below in the grid show brown-skinned fists holding up pillars. It means that without the strength of black and brown populations, there would be no smiling white faces. I lived in Harlem from 2012 to 2014. Even though it had been gentrifying, I was undeniably an outsider. My whiteness was put in my face. I felt lame. My clothes were awkward. My dancing was weird. I felt like I had material comfort, but as far as a soul to express, I felt like I always had to prove myself. I remember one time, a group of black guys saw me, and said I dropped my swag. I made that fragile awkward face, and they cracked up. I laughed uncomfortably next to the girl I was walking with. Then, this vision of a chameleon came to mind. To be white to me means we smile when we are supposed to. Show up on time. Be polite. Wear acceptable clothes that society permits in order to make paycheck. The pink elephant is stepping on my forehead, opening up knowledge of a bigger point of view. That's all for now. If you want to support the art, share or leave a comment, or visit my etsy, and make a purchase. Link in bio. #instagramartists #whiteness #whiteprivilege #breakopen #andrewkaminskiart #knowing #trustyourself #surrender #expresseverything #100dayartchallenge #dailyart https://www.instagram.com/p/CBPYeRXDb2y/?igshid=rmnryvny07fz

Sometimes you need to talk to someone who won’t judge you, who asks the right questions that opens the flood gates of your innermost sorrows. Someone to witness your pain so you know that you are not crazy for feeling your feelings. Someone to hold the space for you to break down without feeling pity for you or see you as less capable just because you opened up, because you put the load you’ve been carrying down to break open. Sometimes you need someone who won’t try to fix you or stop you from feeling because they are uncomfortable, but who will hold a safe space for you to be vulnerable. We can’t continue pretending that we can do it all, that we are always strong and in control, that we are not bothered by the back-breaking struggles we face in this life. We know there are solutions but can’t see them because they hide underneath those unshed tears. If you find someone you can talk to like that, hold on to them, they don’t come around very often. . . . . #poetry #unshedtears #counseling #vulnerability #breakopen #breakdown #trust https://www.instagram.com/p/BuexftynXc3/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1iaw62jnsuc8q

Sigmund Freud wrote, “Out of your vulnerabilities will come your strength.” #breakopen and #bloom #outofyourvulnerabilitieswillcomeyourstrength 🍃☀️🍃

Even when it's hard, there's always room for expansion. #lessonsfromnature #breakopen #higherself #eucalyptustree #madera #infiniteintelligence #Harmonyum #NaamYoga