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I Am A Phoenix

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This is a drawing I did right after my divorce, when I was trying to discover my life's course and who I was as a person. Divorce is this horrendously nasty thing that leaves a person with little to nothing of who they were before (at least that's how it was for me). My family was gone, at one point I had counted up blood/legal relatives that had stopped talking to me and it was nearly 60. Things were bad, but one of the recurring comments I heard from other divorcee's was 'Get bitter, or get better.' So I aimed for better. I came up with my own personal code of conduct (Quiet Dignity) and my own personal motto. The motto the drawing is based off of is:  "I am a Phoenix. I was born for the fire and I will rise from the ashes." But, that's not all. Each aspect of the drawing has meaning. I researched these... so I hope I got them right. lol I chose to make my image reminiscent of a mandala with the most significant parts at the very c