“The human condition says that we are dependent, solely, on the words issued out of the mouth of others. During our lives, we take this all in and concrete it into our beliefs, fully living our lives in accordance with them. When we first begin to ‘wake up’ we are faced with these self-portraits and sculpting a new portrait is not a task for the faint-hearted.

Know this – the words issued from someone else’s mouth, speaks ONLY of their own self-portrait.

You are being given a window into their own truth, their thoughts, their beliefs and it is the perfect opportunity to say ‘thank you’ or ‘no thank you’!

Let the words of your mouth be the meditations of your heart.

Allow your self-portrait to be one of grace, dignity even in adversity, love in the absence of it and discipline within chaos. Imagine each moment that some grand part of yourself is painting your portrait and what you say, becomes the atmospheric colours of your hidden self.”