This work is a visual ode to the mothers who chose to mother differently\u2014to
\nthe ones reimagining what love, protection, and legacy look like.
\n\u201cFor The Self-
\nMade Mothers
\n\u201d
\nwas born from my personal journey into parenthood nearly 18
\nyears ago, as I began to challenge the traditions and inherited wounds that
\nshaped how I was raised. It is an act of resistance\u2014a refusal to pass down the
\nsilences, punishments, and erasures that never served us.
\nIn creating this piece, I reflected on the difficult but necessary process of
\nunlearning. I chose tenderness where I had once received discipline,
\nconversation where I had once been silenced. I embraced parenting as a co-
\ncreation, where autonomy and emotional truth are honored. As my children
\nhave grown into their own agency\u2014now 16 and nearly 18\u2014I\u2019
\nve had to defend
\ntheir right to set boundaries, even with family. That act of protection is also
\nan act of love.
\nThis painting also speaks to the shape-shifting nature of family itself.
\nMotherhood dismantled the identities I had once clung to and required that I
\nrebuild, not in the image of tradition, but in the truth of who I am. My divorce
\nreminded me that no one was coming to rescue me. My father
\n\u2019
\ns passing
\naffirmed that I was already who I had been waiting for. And it was through the
\nvery art passed down from my ancestors that I reclaimed my voice.
\nFaux flowers bloom across the canvas, symbolizing resilience born of
\nsomething not quite "natural"
\n\u2014a motherhood not rooted in tradition, but in
\nchoice. This is a love letter to the mothers who build new worlds and to the
\nchildren they raise to thrive in them.<\/p>\n
Reflective Prompt:
\nWhat generational patterns have you chosen to break, and how has that act reshaped
\nyour understanding of love, family, or freedom?<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"J. TheGodIs Sanchez<\/a>","protected":false},"author":3202,"featured_media":404300,"template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"o","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"product_cat":[486,180],"product_tag":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/galeriaazur.art\/esp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/404295"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/galeriaazur.art\/esp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/galeriaazur.art\/esp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/galeriaazur.art\/esp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3202"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/galeriaazur.art\/esp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/404300"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/galeriaazur.art\/esp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=404295"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/galeriaazur.art\/esp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=404295"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/galeriaazur.art\/esp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=404295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}