This project is a personal journey of reclaiming my voice and self from the shadows of childhood abuse. At six years old, I was silenced, too small to speak for myself, trapped in a world I couldn’t control. Through this work, I confront that past, break the silence, and take back the power that was lost, transforming pain into strength and healing. The silence of the early years became more than an absence of words, it was a weight, pressing into the corners of my being, shaping who I thought I was allowed to be. For years, that weight lived quietly, unspoken, yet present in every breath. Through the process of making, I step back into that space not as a powerless child but as a creator. The work becomes a container for everything that could not be said before, each image holding pieces of fear, resilience, and the slow unfolding of selfhood. This is more than remembering; it is rewriting. In transforming pain into form, I reclaim my narrative. I gather the fractured parts of my past and weave them together, not to erase the hurt, but to show that even the deepest wounds can be reimagined into something that breathes with strength. This work stands as both a testament to survival and an offering of hope, that silence, no matter how heavy, can one day give way to a voice unafraid to speak.