Artist inspiration:
God and Cogentin, please have Mercy on my soul. How can I cope yet another day when all the walls around me seem to cave in and smother me with the anxieties of life. I cannot do this alone; I need the words of the wise and the holy communion from my daily shrink. I read the words, but they do not console my tears. I need to sleep away my fears otherwise I will be no more. There are days and nights that I just can’t get up to face the world, so I sleep, and I sleep to forget, I sleep to survive. — Taken from the real-life experiences of my mother, Caridad. —

Image:
– Installation pictured above at miArte Gallery (Coral Gables, Florida) during the 2008 exhibit, Virgins & Altars: Contemporary Expression of What We Worship Today.
-Image shown is not professionally digitized, with no intention. Item is one of a kind.