Tag: emotions

Ballerina Come Back

Jenna October 29, 2024 No Comments

I was fifteen years old when I stopped dancing. I was sixteen years old when I took myself off the stage completely. There were a variety of reasons for this,

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86 Jenna

Jenna June 30, 2024 No Comments

There were days when I had to give myself pep talks just to get out of bed. There were days when I had to force myself to write. There were

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The Human Experience

Jenna March 28, 2024 No Comments

We hold people to certain standards in society, often wrapping our worth into how much we conform and comply with those pillars of perfection. We make decisions based on what

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The Honey Pot

Jenna March 6, 2024 No Comments

They say that the sacral chakra is the place in the body that is the source of our sexuality, our sensuality, and our creativity. Others say that this is the

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Reliving Old Lessons

Jenna February 15, 2024 No Comments

Have you ever been both proud of yourself and disappointed in yourself at the same time? It’s a weird space to be in, but one that I have found myself

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Blindfolded

Jenna February 13, 2024 No Comments

I have spent a large portion of my life trying to escape my body. I did it through dissociation as a child and then drugs as an adult, only to

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Levitate

Jenna February 2, 2024 No Comments

Success is often defined in our society by our ability to make money and reach the top of whatever ladder we are trying to climb. As I’ve gotten older, and

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Dancing the Pole: A Re-Introduction to Myself

Jenna January 16, 2024 No Comments

I began this journey back in December. I signed up for Infusion, the introductory course at Butter & Filth. What I did not know was how much this course was

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Finding Myself

Jenna December 30, 2023 No Comments

I started this collage during the pandemic. It was supposed to be a self-portrait, but I couldn’t finish it. I had fallen so deep, and lost so much of myself,

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Self-Imposed Isolation

Jenna August 18, 2023 No Comments

I’ve spent these last few years in a sort of self-imposed isolation. In the beginning it was because I hated the world. I hated how I was being treated. I

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