Incarcerated Scholars Conference Art Gallery 2025

Unforseen Narrative

Anonymous

Ashland University

Florida

The unforeseen narrative is stated every so simply

but laced with so many complications throughout this road called life. 

The evolution of all I was meant to be is still being cultivated by all that had once broken me. 

Standing tall and with a head held high, 

no longer shying away from the past that I once longed to hide. 

Embracing the pain with new insight, 

seeing a bigger picture because my mind is no longer trapped inside. 

Trapped inside the cage of rage, depression hurt and despair.

Opening the doors to new possibilities that I never knew were there. 

Embracing a future with so much confidence and clarity 

thanks to the compass I call perspective,

aligning my vision as infinite in this beautiful unforeseen narrative.

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Artist Statement

Through harrowing days of wallowing in self pity, to shifting my perspective about the way that I would undertake this journey of incarceration, my level of introspection was heightened. A fire was birthed in me to defy the odds and therefore the unforeseen narrative was inspired by the evolution of me through education

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