Trauma Cards
Refer to the Section “4 suits” for a description of this suit.
Thank you to all the wonderful photographers and artists whose images inspired me to recreate and discover my inner and outer worlds.
Thank you to all the wonderful photographers and artists whose images inspired me to recreate and discover my inner and outer worlds.
Card: Living in Violence
Suit: Trauma
I am the one who lives in the eruption of my father’s anger and abuse. I am the one who sees the anger in his face and feels the explosiveness of his rage. I am the one who is frightened of his demands. I am the one who is small and tossed around in his tumultuousness.
Suit: Trauma
I am the one who lives in the eruption of my father’s anger and abuse. I am the one who sees the anger in his face and feels the explosiveness of his rage. I am the one who is frightened of his demands. I am the one who is small and tossed around in his tumultuousness.
Card: Tornado
Suit: Trauma
I am the one who is tossed around in the tornado, unsure of where I will land. I am the one who lives in terror and uncertainty.
Suit: Trauma
I am the one who is tossed around in the tornado, unsure of where I will land. I am the one who lives in terror and uncertainty.
Card: Frantic Runner
Suit: Trauma
I am the one who is running and running and running. I am the one who is running from my father’s violence and my mother’s depression. I am the one who runs out the fear in my body when frightening things are happening at home. I am the calm adult woman who knows about the frantic, running child inside of me.
Suit: Trauma
I am the one who is running and running and running. I am the one who is running from my father’s violence and my mother’s depression. I am the one who runs out the fear in my body when frightening things are happening at home. I am the calm adult woman who knows about the frantic, running child inside of me.
Card: Alone
Suit: Trauma
I am the one who is alone, afraid and sad in a world that doesn’t feel safe and isn’t what it should be. I am one who wants to scream but can’t. I am one who is frozen, alone and numb.
Suit: Trauma
I am the one who is alone, afraid and sad in a world that doesn’t feel safe and isn’t what it should be. I am one who wants to scream but can’t. I am one who is frozen, alone and numb.
Card: Watched Over
Suit: Trauma
I am the one who is watched over by my native ancestor and the mother leopard. I am the one who is protected even when I don’t realize it.
Suit: Trauma
I am the one who is watched over by my native ancestor and the mother leopard. I am the one who is protected even when I don’t realize it.
Card: Living from an Open Heart
Suit: Trauma
I am the one who has made it through to adulthood. I am the one who lives from strength, love and an open heart. I am the one who still knows how to love despite my past.
Suit: Trauma
I am the one who has made it through to adulthood. I am the one who lives from strength, love and an open heart. I am the one who still knows how to love despite my past.
Card: Living in Violence 2
Suit: Trauma
I am the one who lives with the yells and screams and fighting. I am the one who is afraid someone will get hurt or killed. I am the one who is a terrified little baby. I am the one who lives with my mother’s depression and craziness in the middle of the violence.
Suit: Trauma
I am the one who lives with the yells and screams and fighting. I am the one who is afraid someone will get hurt or killed. I am the one who is a terrified little baby. I am the one who lives with my mother’s depression and craziness in the middle of the violence.