The Truth of You


Art: 'She and her light' by Artist Aykut Aydogdu 


Sometimes, we have to get away from ourselves to find ourselves. I see this in two ways. Sometimes, it takes us layering on identities that do not belong to us for us to gain enough rage to throw it all off and find our true selves. And sometimes, it takes us going into a foreign space and getting away from all those environmental signifiers that constantly tell us, "you are this" and "this is what is expected of people who are this", to truly find the truth of who we are. And often, the truth is, we just are. In every beautiful conceivable and inconceivable way. 🔥


- Gabbi



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