We are the voice

I have a voice. 
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You have a voice.
 
We have voices.

The hardest thing after having experienced any form of abuse is finding your voice again, daring to speak up and break the silence. It holds especially true, if you were the victim of a smearing campaign, had your world turned upside down by lies and malintended gossip behind your back painting you as the perpetrator trying to take away your voice before you could even speak a word.
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Dare to trust yourself again. 
 
Have faith in your path. 
 
Rise.

​You have a voice. 
 
Dare to speak. 
 
Start with whispering to yourself and let your own voice be your guide. Dare to trust yourself again. 
 
Break the silence.  
 
Speak. 

Know that those who did not ask for your side of the story but blindly followed gossip parroting accusations never were your friends to begin with. They stood by your side as long as they could gain something from you. Your heart was their supply and prey. ​

“I have a voice”, black pastels, Kristin Raphaela Otti (2024, Café de L’Europe, Vienna)

The moment your talent and light started to shine through, jealousy and envy set in and any story painting you black fed the narrative provided by their ego. They chose to step down and destroy rather than to step up, take a look at themselves and rise.
 
Let them go. 
 
Dare to trust yourself again. 
 
Have faith in your path. 
 
Rise.
 
You have a voice. 
 
You are heard.
 
You matter.

Shine your light.

​You are a gift. 
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