#healing

#healing

Instead of home repair, this Afrofuturist exhibition explores the concept of reparations, imagining what a "transformed world actually looks like and feels like." The exhibition, titled " Futures of Repair," has brought together six artists to create an entire world set in 2165-about 125 years after theoretical global reparatory actions transformed society. The result? A powerful space filled with interactive installations, sound sculptures, meditation space and healing.

People want to understand how and why women experience violence at the hands of people who claim to love them, and they want to know what women can do when they've experienced these atrocities. They want a window into making sense of an experience, either because it's so seemingly foreign or so altogether disturbingly familiar as to resemble their own. This is why we often crave insight into others' perceptions of their own lives as well as their perceptions of others' reactions.

In 5th grade, we had a class project to interview one of our grandparents. It seemed simple enough: Spend time with someone who loved you and ask them questions about their life. Looking back, I understand the real purpose of the assignment: to foster connection across generations, to learn what our grandparents' lives were like when they were our age.

People-pleasing is not a personality trait. It is part of the trauma response known as fawning. Although it can be a useful mechanism at times, existing in a state of fawning leads to exhaustion and losing touch with oneself: who you are, what you want, and what you need. To heal, it is necessary to learn how to focus less on what other people think for the sake of rediscovering who you are.

Learning to catch waves has helped me rebuild myself, and find a vein of dedication and strength that I deeply needed to find. I'm not the only one.

Mark de Clive-Lowe's project, Past Present (Tone Poems Across Time), is an ambient, synth-jazz meditation inspired by his late father's experiences in Japan during the 1950s and 60s.

Keloids, thick raised scars from abnormal healing, affect about 10% of the world's population. They are commonly found on the chest or back.

Unconditional love, like a mother’s for her child, provides strength and healing, creating an invisible connection filled with presence. It transforms relationships and nurtures growth.

Consumer culture didn't just take our villages: It left us with parents too overwhelmed to fully show up.

As I navigated the aftermath of illness and trauma, art became my way of processing the darkness and rediscovering my light.

"Essentially, time itself does not have the ability to heal, but the other things that come with it, like changes and experiences, can help with it."

I felt his loneliness and fear. I thought, Children have their parents and families to comfort them in their fear, but who do adults have?

If you struggle with depression, self-criticism worsens your condition, while compassion and small acts of kindness can lead to healing and upliftment.

Moth and Raynor’s decision to embark on a 630-mile coastal walk symbolizes hope and resilience in the face of terminal illness and housing loss.

Healing may not be so much about getting better, as about letting go of everything that isn't you-all of the expectations, all of the beliefs-and becoming who you are.

Adam Warlock's healing abilities come with cooldowns, making it crucial to pair him with another Strategist for consistent healing during battles.

Nichols' work explores the fragmented nature of memory, identity, and recovery-inviting viewers into an intimate process of reconstruction and self-discovery.

Triggers often originate from unresolved childhood wounds, causing us to react with intense emotions in present situations where we feel threatened or overwhelmed.