https://www.meushi-hime.com/blog daily 0.75 2020-08-13 https://www.meushi-hime.com/home daily 1.0 2020-08-19 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f18948ad925d3662d184f34/t/5f3d360a40569d79ed9ff40b/1597847225859/Untitled_Artwork+%2815%29.jpg Home - Art is an important form of self-care and coping. I’ve always had difficulty vocalizing my emotions and finding ways to use speech to express myself to the world. Art is a creative way for me to pour out my emotions and a form of venting out the traumas of my life. My art hopes to communicate my story to the world and encourage CSA survivors to speak up about their experiences. My work speaks to my own personal experiences and at first, the viewer will see a soft world of pastel colors and cute figures interacting in what appears to be a safe environment. However, upon closer inspection, there are clues to the horrors of abuse and the trauma it brings. Through my art, I want to spread awareness and advocate for those who survive mental illness due to their traumas. https://www.meushi-hime.com/contact daily 0.75 2020-08-13 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f18948ad925d3662d184f34/t/5f34bd1731125c5001bc6db5/1597291804762/TOONME_Challenge_.jpg Contact - Contact Me! meushihime.contact@gmail.com https://www.meushi-hime.com/about-2 daily 0.75 2020-08-19 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f18948ad925d3662d184f34/t/5f3d336d872af37aae764f5c/1597846389015/File_001.jpg About - The Artist Layla Joan Alvarado is a quirky Chicago-based illustrator and a graduate of the American Academy of Art. She has an intense passion for storytelling and mental health awareness. Her work is full of soft colors and streams of wonder. Despite her use of a soft pastel palette, her art has a very dark ominous undertone. Layla plans to use her passion for storytelling to create graphic novels and zines that will touch the hearts of her audience, just as the stories she read touched her’s as a child. 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