I basically painted a combination of my uncle and me. The figure is shown with it’s hands in the air. His/my hands are covered by two flowers which often represent emotions too strong to safely state. I painted the checkers from the cab as well as an abstract Tampa palm tree. The face is done in purple, pink and blue with one eye. I’m not sure why there’s only one eye.
This piece is a combination of two separate occurrences. The first is of being shot in the foot by my uncle which was discussed in therapy a few days ago. The second part of the painting is when I was picked up by a cab driver who didn’t do so well with hiding the gun he carried for protection.
In Florida my uncle drove to the dock. He drove the white van up close to the edge and told everyone if we breathed he’d drive over. No one moved. He pulled away. Later that day he bit my sister on the arm until she bled. Much later in the day he tried to shoot some cats. I didn’t want him to so I tried to scare them away. He put the gun to my head then lowered it and shot me in the foot.
My therapist and I discussed the shooting a few days ago then I had the experience with the cab driver who had both the windows and the doors locked as well as a gun in the car. Cab drivers are armed here. I know that but it was quite triggering. The full journal entry for this art therapy piece is here.
Medium: acrylic paint and colored pencil on paper.
Painted: May 15th, 2009 7:30PM EST
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