Art is my little bit of freedom
19-06-2026 16:00 via chicagoreader.com

Art is my little bit of freedom

My journey into art began as a little boy with my mother. She was, in many ways, not a good mother. We kids had to fend for ourselves, enduring physical, mental, and sexual abuse from the people in her life. I have a lot of physical and mental scars from that time. Yet, some of […]
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