Posts Tagged ‘Art’
#SilenceHidesViolence: Woman ‘beaten by boyfriend’ shows powerful pictures of her injuries/ Metro.co.uk
A creative project by a professional photographer that is raising awareness about Domestic Violence in a very powerful way;
Earlier this week Brooke Beaton called the police to report she’d been assaulted by her boyfriend.
Before her bruises had time to fade, she used them to make her alleged abuser live up to his actions.
Ms Beaton, from South Dakota, enlisted the help of her photographer friend Tiffany Thoelke to create powerful pictures, which put her injuries on full display.
Some of the images show the 27-year-old crying, but she remains defiant and unbroken.
Ms Thoelke, owner of T.S.T Photography, told Metro.co.uk: ‘I hope we can continue to help the thousands if not millions affected by this [domestic violence] every day.
‘We never expected this, it’s a bit overwhelming,’ she added about the reaction to the photographs.
‘It opened a conversation that could go on forever.
‘Where it goes from here, I’m not sure. It’s only been a couple days, but it’s hitting powerful, powerful people that I’m hoping will use this as their platform.’
To read more and to view these powerful images visit the link ( below)
Woman finds 100-year-old letters in ceiling/ TheDailyShare
http://www.hlntv.com/…/woman-finds-mysterious-love-letters-…
Beautiful story highlighting the importance of writing love letters. The power of love, transcends time, and space and will always find a way into the hearts of those we love.
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ANGEL MOM ( A DAUGHTER’S LETTER TO HER HERO PROTECTIVE MOTHER)/ Love Letters To Our Children
A young adult “Hear Us Now” member’s love letter to her Protective Mom. Thank you Jennifer for your sweet contribution. Please follow the link to submit your contribution. We value your participation. We love and support you and your precious children..always. The PMA International Team
https://loveletterstoourchildren.wordpress.com/how-to-participate-submit-a-love-letter/
“All that I am ,
and all that I hope to be
I owe to my angel
hero Protective Mother
I love you Mom”
© Jennifer 2015 Love Letters To Our Children
ReMoved /www.removedfilm.com
“ReMoved” is a two part short film told in the first person narrative of a young girl named Zoe who is removed from her home, along with her little brother Benaiah, due to and child abuse and DV. Zoe begins a new life in the foster care system. Her new life in some ways is just as challenging as the life she was taken from.
TATTOO ARTIST OFFERS FREE WORK FOR SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE/ davidwolfe.com
http://www.davidwolfe.com/tattoo-artist-offers-free-work-for-survivors-of-domestic-violence/
Scars can cut both ways: they can give us a sense of pride or they can retraumatize by reminding us of the past. With that in mind, tattoo artist Flavia Carvalho decided to start a project called ‘A Pele da FLor’ (translation: ‘The Skin of the Flower’). Through this project she offers free services to women who have scars from domestic abuse.
Flavia Carvalho runs a studio in Curitiba, Brasil. She’s helped women who have been stabbed by knives, shot with bullets and covers up mastectomies as well.
As she explains:
“I started the project quite recently, and I had no idea it would receive this much media attention. It began very spontaneously. As I said, my services are a hundred percent voluntary, and the only “cost” women need to invest is to choose a design for their tattoos!”
She tells her story of how it began:
“It all started about two years ago, when I worked with a client who wanted to cover a large scar on her abdomen”
“She told me that she was at a nightclub, and when she turned down a man who approached her, he stabbed her with an switchblade”
“When she saw the finished tattoo, she was extremely moved, and that deeply touched me”
“The one that shocked me the most was the story of a 17 year-old girl who dated an older man and, for months, suffered from the physically abusive relationship”
“When he wanted to break up with her, he scheduled a meeting, and after they began to fight, he stabbed her several times in her abdomen, and violently raped her”
Love Letters To Our Children – Leave A Legacy Of Love For Your Child
Love Letters To Our Children; Leave A Legacy Of Love For Your Child
To all Hero Protective Mothers and their supporters; PMA International invites you to follow our new Word Press Blog. This is the new home of our” Love Letters To Our Children Campaign.” Thank you in advance for your support and participation. PMA International loves and supports you and your precious children..always. Protective Hero Moms: “Leave a Legacy Of Love For Your Child”
Follow PMA International’s new “Unstoppable Mothers” Blog
Please also follow our new blog dedicated to our Unstoppable Mothers’ Campaign
“We are Unstoppable Protective Mothers, whose children have been ripped from our arms and lives. We are joining our voices as one, to share our stories about family court abuse and corruption. Each heartbreaking tragic story, capturing loss and abuse, is told in our own words and accompanied by stunning photographs based on mother/child milestones missed in our lives. Because of the strong unconditional love we have for our children, we will NOT be stopped…we are UNSTOPPABLE!”
Welcome to PMA International’s ” Unstoppable Mothers”
Protective Mothers Alliance International (PMA) has launched “Unstoppable Mothers”, a powerful photo and essay project to give voice to Protective Mothers and their Children.
The photos depict the loss and grief a Protective Mother experiences when she is forcibly separated from her child(ren) due to family court injustice, or the events she missed in the life of her child.
The essays, in Protective Moms’ own words, are common real life family court situations. Protective Mothers reveal the most outrageous action a judge took in their case. OR, the Protective Mom shares what she has missed most about not being in her child’s life.
https://unstoppablemothers.wordpress.com/2015/03/31/welcome-unstoppable-mothers/
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