~ The Healer ~
They say believe in the "impossible", and here eye am, doing that every day. For me, impossible says "I'm Possible" or "It's Possible", so eye continue to be present for myself in knowing that healing IS possible, no matter the circumstance.
Choosing to gracefully transition through one of the hardest transitions of my life so far has taught me the essence of doing nothing without intention. In the midst of grief, it can be quite common to lose the drive to be intentional and allow yourself to wallow in a reality of fear and pain, but that would be a choice.
Choosing healing is the path for me. Choosing to address myself and my traumas through loss has honestly been the best outlet, and because eye am able to heal with intention, eye am able to share these gifts with you.
Thank you for allowing me to hold space for the community that has held space for me so long as an artist and curator of intentional inner g. Eye do not take this task lightly. To heal is to be healing at an all-time pace. Eye choose to heal so that eye continue to make space for myself in order to flow and curate space for you, which is my favorite thing to do.
Asèoooo
Sept 3 1997 - Sept 2 2019
BRANDON ARDELL ARCHER
BROTHER & BESTFRIEND
A Letter To My Bubba:
My life in a lot of ways sucks ass now that you're gone. I am in a constant cycle of processing and grieving. I am unable to count the ways in which my life is forever changed now due to your absence...yet I continue to smile.
I have yet to figure out how or even why I have the strength to keep pressing on, but deep down I am sure you wouldn't have left me here to do anything but persevere. You always showed me how to remain strong in the midst of a storm, and bro am I in a damn storm.
Creating has been/is hard to maintain while grieving.
This is now my "new normal" for life, and well, it's a long-lasting effect, so I must have patience with myself, which means I must have patience with my art...but how do I do that?
By trusting the process.
A Letter To You:
I pray that visiting this page will allow you the smallest insight into my life as an "Artist In Grief". I am still learning how to be a "new kind of patient" with myself and through my artistic expression. This is not my first life cycle dealing with grief, but it is a new one that will take me a while to adjust to.
Here's to 2022, right at 3 years since I've had to adjust.
Here's to believing I can do it (& documenting it for myself.)
Here's to my lifelong process of grief... & remembering that it's ok.
THIS SHIT IS HARD, but my art will speak volumes and languages I didn't even know it could & will soon be heard, felt, translated, and appreciated by the masses, including those going through the same type of shift.
Eye am not alone & I thank you for reading this far.
You are loved.
HE IS MY MOTIVATION.
PLEASE ENJOY THESE MOMENTS THAT WERE CAPTURED OF AND IN HONOR OF MY BUBBA.
