Christina’s session was very tender for me. I curate this project very specifically, as an art project of course but also I have to curate around my own mental health around the different types of loss and trauma. Christina lost her younger brother Tim to suicide. I always try to be very sensitive with myself…
Lena
Lena and I met via the Faces IG page first, she followed me and I would see her posts about dance, mental health and her life – not knowing then, her connection to suicide. The fact is, most people on social media follow me because within the stories told via this project, they find something…
Happy New Year
Not only do I feel like 2024 was fully used up, the past 4-5 years feel like we were power washed. Firehosed with so many lessons, leaving us bruised, battered but also clearer, renewed and ready to begin again. And again. And again. As we approach this new year, in the midst of a new…
Amanda & Alyssa
Amanda and Alyssa are sisters who lost their dad to suicide 17 years ago. They were 16 and 19 years old when he died. I can’t imagine what it’s like to lose a parent in such a traumatic way, at such a pivotal and important time of your life. I enjoy having Faces of Fortitude…
Theresa
My 7th grade friend Nate was the first suicide loss I experienced. We lived on the rail tracks, which is where he died. I had a really hard time with that. After that there were a few more friends around the peripheral. In 2007 my Uncle Phil, my mothers youngest brother – had been in…
Welcome!
If this is your first time visiting, welcome, and if it isn’t, welcome back. I am glad you’re here. While my website is being updated, this is the place to learn all things about the Faces of Fortitude project, the work that has bloomed from it, and all things coming up in the future. Who…
Ariel
I first met Ariel at an event called Blooming with Grief, where she performed a pole dancing piece as a part of artists sharing their ways of expressing their personal grief stories. I knew Ariel had lost her husband, and she briefly visited the Faces of Fortitude pop-up during the event, but we didn’t speak…
Harlan
Harlan and I spoke about the similarities of our mother-wounds, very early on in our friendship. But I sensed tenderness and lots of buried feelings on both sides, so we never have really touched the surface of that conversation, until now. Harlan is another person from our inner circle that was part of the community…
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