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A portrait of a woman with dark hair laying down on a bed. She has a tattoo on her visible arm of a red heart pierced by three swords. She is laying on white linen. A realistic depiction of a red human heart is drawn over her head. There is a red light protruding from her chest, and hovering above her. Within the light above her is the silhouette of the sleeping woman.

A portrait created with solid black ink over a pale yellow background. The image depicts a dark-haired woman holding up her phone and she is adorned with butterfly wings. The letters T, A, Y, L, O, and R are scattered around her filling the frame.

A collage which depicts a red apartment building. The windows of the building have been cut out and inside various images can be seen including a radio in front of a starry sky, a hand holding out a phone with a long tangled chord, a blur of hypnotic black and white circles, the words "I LOVE YOU" repeating in red font on a white background, and a playing card of the Queen of Hearts.

In front of the building is a magazine clipping with the words "HE'S GONNA STEP ON YOU AGAIN". The letters are white on a red background.

There is a stop sign to the right of the building, and a red traffic light to the right. Behind the building is a repeating pattern of playing cards of the heart suite. There are green vines and hedges scattered around the page.

A traditional collage sitting on a wooden cutting board with pages scattered in the background.

It reads "SEX AND DEATH" at the top, and "Wine, Women" at the bottom.

At the top of the page there is a hand with red painted nails reaching for a halved pomegranate. Under this is a square with repeating italic text that reads "Thank You", along with the top of a bottle of wine and a red drink in a martini glass. On the right is a hand with red nails touching clam shells and pearls. There are deep red roses below.

A drawing of a red rotary phone. A black musical record takes the place where the dialing numbers would be. It reads "PLEASE CALL BACK!" in white text. The background is black, and filled with red scribbles and doodled white stars.

A drawing of two anatomical hearts side by side. The hearts are pink, and filled up half way with red liquid. The heart on the left is pouring into the heart on the right, through the values. There are lines of movement around the shapes implying vibrating/beating movement.

A collage that includes a silhouette of a man and woman embracing. There are torn paper images of a broken car window, a red telephone booth, and a city skyline. There is a clipped note at the bottom with the mark of a red lipstick kiss. There is a red rose under red light in the bottom right corner.

An animated portrait of a blonde woman in a black shirt. She is wearing a black beanie, black lipstick, and has a black hairclip holding the side strands of her hair. Her cheeks are pink. There are doodles of ghost with various expressions filling the background.

A Collage that reads "The Light of LOVE is Always in Us", a quote by Corita Kent. The word LOVE is repeated, with both lines sharing an "O" written horizontally and vertically, to emulate a cross. Behind the cross is a dark orange circle, and the quote has a heavy mustard yellow outline. There is a sun of the same colour at the bottom of the page. The elements of the piece were created in a way that emulates chopped construction paper. The entire frame of the work includes handwritten text of various quotes from the book "All About Love: New Visions" by bell hooks.

The quotes are as followed:

"using a working definition of love that tells us it is the action we take on behalf of our own or another’s spiritual growth provides us with a beginning blueprint for working on the issue of self-love. when we see love as a combination of trust, commitment, care, respect, knowledge, and responsibility, we can work on developing these qualities or, if they are already a part of who we are, we can learn to extend them to ourselves."

"i, like so many other people, have found it useful to examine negative thinking and behavioural patterns learned in childhood, particularly those shaping my sense of self and identity. however, this process alone did not ensure self-recovery. it was not enough. i share this because it is far too easy to stay stuck in simply describing, telling one’s story over and over again, which can be a way of holding on to grief about the past or holding on to a narrative that places blame on others."

"commitment to a love ethic transforms our lives by offering us a different set of values to live by. in large and small ways, we make choices based on a belief that honesty, openness, and personal integrity need to be expressed in public and private decisions."

"living by a love ethic we learn to value loyalty and a commitment to sustained bonds over material advancement. while careers and making money remain important agendas, they never take precedence over valuing and nurturing human life and well-being."

"love as a process that has been refined, alchemically altered as it moves from state to state, is that “perfect love” that can cast out fear. as well love, fear necessarily leaves. contrary to the notion that one must work to attain perfection, this outcome does not have to be struggled for—it just happens. It is the gift perfect love offers."

"fear is the primary force upholding structures of domination. it promotes the desire for separation, the desire not to be known."

A red fast food drink with a white lid and a red straw beside a brown and red paper bag. An empty receipt is attached to the front of the bag. The background is a swirling pattern of black and white squares.

A black, red, white, and gold mixed media artwork, There are clippings of magazine pages with ripped edges, and messy red paint on a black background. One of the only distinguishable image appears to be the headstock of a guitar. The lyrics of "Tame" by Pixies is messily scrawled through the page in several different directions in golden gel pen.

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