In a lot of my work, I use rain as a symbol for mental illness. To you, the rain may symbolize some other struggle you are experiencing. As I’ve gotten older, I realize more and more every day that some of the hardest things I’ve been through are the things I am most grateful for. They have made me empathetic, compassionate, tender-hearted, and open minded. That’s how I feel about my mental health struggles. It has taken me twenty years, but I feel like I am finally learning to love the rain. It has helped me to bloom.
To anyone struggling with mental health I wish I could say, you are a beautiful masterpiece just as you are. Your brokenness is a part of what makes up your beautiful soul. You are not alone. You are blooming, though you may not feel like it yet.
Reproduced from the artist’s original artwork of Mixed Media on Paper.