Evolution

I am so glad you started uploaded most of your work, keep it coming baby!! Excellent work!

This speaks to the survivor in me.
I love that you have the courage to bare your soul in this way. It’s a gift to us all . . .
I admire your honesty and openness.

I see emotional ruins, layers of pain and decay.
I love the way the words both whisper and shout.

I see demons, predators, whispers of a painful childhood.
I see the woman inside the child . . .
and i also see the adult,
determined not to repeat the cycle.

Visually – B R I L L I A N T
Emotionally – C O M P E L L I N G

p o w e r f u l

This is brilliant work Marny! Very strong and powerful! There is so much to see in this image I could look for hours!

Thank-you everyone for the comments…this was a difficult pic to post…...and yet I think it’s one of my fave works, Your comments are so appreciated!!!!!!!

Very interesting and creative – great work.

Great work! I had to look back a few times to see things I had missed.

well i am trying marny but can’t find much to bounce back at ya. ... and thats rare.

really outstanding
love it

A very powerful inner landscape that speaks to the survivor in me too. You sound like you’re doing a lot better than your parents.

Powerful.

Oh Marney – this has me a bit teary. Such a powerful way to express your memories and fears.

again, wow…and, I love your words
I live everyday comparing myself to my parents. I’ve learned everything I should NEVER do from them.
I did the same with my son and he has surpassed my greatest of expectations because I did….

Hi Marny..finally made it here i’ve been choca block as they say but i have to say it was worth the wait this is fantastic! Your heart is really on the page, you’ve bared your soul and shown the world the inner you and you are really beautiful despite what your parents thought! This image has been hand and soul crafted with numerous emotions in play and i salute your bravery in telling others your story!

They say, when your good your good, when your great your great….. Marny, what does that make you?... Hmmmmm, one of the best is my answer!

Your words beside this work resonate with me so much .. very powerful.

This artwork is amazing. The insides of a box so many of us grew in .. a box accepted .. unwrapped now and utilised for better ways.

This is incredibly touching Marny

xx

i love how the ceiling looks like it has mould on it ..

it’s brilliant work :)
xx

Powerful work…and words many parents need to hear. This is expression from the inside. Art at it’s best!

Wow! Thank you for sharing something so personal. But that is the point of art I suppose. I’ve shared some moments myself on the RB. But this is one of the best I’ve seen! Great work, and thank you for being brave. You have stopped the cycle! And so have I…

Your words touch my heart. You should be proud that you too have stopped a terrible cycle!!

You know what I see in you Marny , Other than you are the best Photographer I know. You have courage, strength and wisdom beyond your years. You daughter is a very luck little girl to have a Mommy like you ! She will grow up like you full of love and courage , but she will have learnt it the right way ! Hugz Babe !x

Wow I got goosebumps reading this. Having dealt with children from an educator’s point of view, the effects of a “bad” childhood are never forgotton. Children learn by what they see. It’s that simple and that powerful.

Superb work!!

My God Marny How did I miss this, wasnt ready to see it most likely as I sit here reading your words through tears and looking at all you have done in this pic, I am simply amazed by you yet again dear one. I cannot begin to write what I am feeling now. Yet again your words have impacted me. I Love you { HUGS } Vonne

Hi there I have featured this art work in The Redbubble Digital Alphabet because it is such an amazing piece. I hope this is ok…Check it out in my journal: The Redbubble Digital Alphabet

love it

Such amazing work and such an open and bold story!

“Every man’s work, whether it be literature or music or pictures or architecture or anything else, is always a portrait of himself.”
Butler, Samuel

Dear Marny,
CONGRATULATION. :-)
This Image is FEATURED on Homepage 08/17/08.
Yeah!

CONGRATULATIONS Marny my friend for being featured on homepage !

Strong and powerful image with though provoking words! Congrats on homepage feature!

This work is so powerful. Really touches the heart.

This is soo symbolic and beautiful.

This is a stunning image, congrats on making the front page, a well-deserved placement! I hear you when you speak of doing the opposite to what your parents did, it’s a strange way of learning how to do the right thing, but in some cases, it’s all you can do.

Great, emotive work, Marny…......

awesome work!

evocative, emotional and heartfelt. Fantastic Image and sad words.

Wonderful…great work!

A powerful disturbing image and story

Your greatest strength is walking away and seeing new vision for the future, you have broken the boundaries enforced by the domination you were subjected to, You did not let it break Your Spirit and just accept, You kept a piece of You safe and free and now able to use that choice, that is Your greatest gift to Your child. past no longer has power is how this image strikes me You and your child walking into bright and clean future, That person in the room was you but You have chosen to walk away, turning your back on the boxed little misery life for one not always easy but Free all the same Congratulations Thankyou for sharing this heartfelt image and powerful words!!! Bless you and Good Luck on your adventures :|)

Fantastic work Marny! Excellent thought gone into this!

It’s very important for you to face it, and know that you’re doing the right thing by your daughter! Well done you!

Powerful imagery!

This is WAY TOO COOL…............ wow!

It is our relationships which reinforce our self confidence. But they exist in fact and in fantasy. It’s the gulf between the two which leads to our greatest confusions. And frustrations. Frustration comes out in lots of ways. Laughter, tears, fear, uncertainty, horror, love, suspicion, affection…. nothingness… despair… denial.

You’ve captured denial so powerfully here Marny. And the wonder whether denial is a permanent state, or a portal… which opens when the blindfold comes off.

WOW

fantastic work of course

Nice work!!

congratulations on the feature!!!!

great work, well done

Fine Art Composites

fantastic image

Reminds me of THE COLLECTOR (movie & book by John Fowles). Outstanding image.

Your story is very, very sad, but your art is wonderful. Sometimes we have to endure pains to give something better to the world…

This is wonderful! Awesome colours and textures here, congrats on the feature!

You are a wonderful mother. The best mothers remember what it was to be a child… for some that is much much harder than for others. Congratulations. You are doing that most amazing thing – breaking the cycle of abuse.
And you’re a pretty fine artist too :)))

WOW…........so thought provoking.So much to take in, an outstanding image!

Wow, so very touching, very sad to hear what you’ve been through, very brave for sharing. Great piece of art, well done you.