I chose various, separate words from a newspaper and miraculously combined them as follows:

In the beginning an absurd choice

Into the fire

The eye-opener, exposure and candor

Courage, restore sanity

So often in my childhood and adulthood involving marriage, remodeling of houses, divorce and the aftermath, I have felt like I've been in the middle of a turbulent ocean in a paddleboat. The words depicted in black oil crayon spawned a large body of creative work and, ultimately, reflect a life-long theme and quest to embody and embrace true autonomy as a spirit in a human and female body.