Holiday Baubles begin with recycled paints, simple craft ornaments, and a meditative pouring process shaped by color, gravity, and chance. The excess paint is captured on old art paper, layered into organic works, then repurposed again into gratitude cards containing small fragments of original art.

September has always carried the weight of memory for me. Eleven years after surviving an overdose, I spent the month reflecting on suicide prevention, recovery, sobriety, and the ordinary decisions that have slowly built a life I once could not imagine. The Art of Staying became both a public campaign and a private reckoning with what it means to still be here.