Vader: Let Go (Award-winning collage)

💥 Introducing my award-winning art print:  

🌟 Similar to Vader, I lost my parent early in life, lacking the necessary support to cope. Grief unfolds in layers over time, comes in waves over time, and the essence lies in letting go. This collage captures the journey of dealing with resurfacing sorrow.

💔 Anakin's mother's death fueled his anger, leading to his transformation into Vader. His first lesson on his path to becoming a Jedi was learning not to mourn loss. His crucial error was seeing tragedy as fixable, not something to endure. If Anakin had been given permission to grieve, he might have done things differently.

🌊 Grieving is an exploratory journey with no set path, where emotions surge like waves, ebb and flow (depicted by the wild mushroom with boat and yacht on it). It involves revisiting childhood memories (represented by the children cutout image at the mushroom's peak).

🐟 After all, you will find yourself observing these thoughts, similar to standing in front of a giant fish tank in an aquarium, peacefully watching fish swimming pass by. When you can let these thoughts drift by without latching onto them, not trying to suppress them but also not letting them carry you away, that is when you know you truly LET GO.