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Paint and Poetry

thefreedwomensbureau:

freedwoman, fiber artist and cultural activist Xenobia Bailey: “This is serious business, it may look like some kind of decorative or surface design or something, but I’m trying to break out.”

“I do art to stay sane”

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tagged as: sounds familiar. fiber artist. Xenobia Bailey.
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    A lot of people will tell you that art isn’t therapy. And they’re right, it’s not. Therapy costs a whole lot of money....
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    SURVIVAL AS RESISTANCEis a very very real form of resistance. Loving yourself is a form of resistance. Making is a form...
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    I make art to stay sane. I make art to stay sane. I make art to stay sane. Always true.
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    can i be her when i grow up plz thnx
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    “I do art to stay sane”
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