{"id":17880,"date":"2022-12-05T01:00:41","date_gmt":"2022-12-05T08:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artfromashes.org\/?p=17880"},"modified":"2023-12-21T06:07:56","modified_gmt":"2023-12-21T13:07:56","slug":"2022-willows-letter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artfromashes.org\/2022-willows-letter\/","title":{"rendered":"2022 Willow&#8217;s Letter"},"content":{"rendered":"<div  class='flex_column av-1j6w5so-046b7a825a6b98da40603bd20f01e3cd av_one_full  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_one_half  avia-builder-el-first  first flex_column_div  '     ><style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-lbaxx2w6-0ae539184eddcc8d499a318b44a19534\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-lbaxx2w6-0ae539184eddcc8d499a318b44a19534{\npadding-bottom:10px;\ncolor:#f16a26;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-lbaxx2w6-0ae539184eddcc8d499a318b44a19534 .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-lbaxx2w6-0ae539184eddcc8d499a318b44a19534 .special-heading-inner-border{\nborder-color:#f16a26;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-lbaxx2w6-0ae539184eddcc8d499a318b44a19534 .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-lbaxx2w6-0ae539184eddcc8d499a318b44a19534 av-special-heading-h3 custom-color-heading  avia-builder-el-1  avia-builder-el-no-sibling '><h3 class='av-special-heading-tag'  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Happy Season of Light!<\/h3><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-lbazd6zw-bde3616b151f61cba66c16349117a96a\">\n#top .flex_column.av-lbazd6zw-bde3616b151f61cba66c16349117a96a{\nmargin-top:0px;\nmargin-bottom:24px;\n}\n.flex_column.av-lbazd6zw-bde3616b151f61cba66c16349117a96a{\npadding:0 18px 0 0;\n}\n.responsive #top #wrap_all .flex_column.av-lbazd6zw-bde3616b151f61cba66c16349117a96a{\nmargin-top:0px;\nmargin-bottom:24px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-lbazd6zw-bde3616b151f61cba66c16349117a96a av_one_half  avia-builder-el-2  el_after_av_one_full  el_before_av_one_fourth  first no_margin flex_column_div  column-top-margin'     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-lbay9oyb-7da45b3680aad678d2acc91cff6b10fb '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h5>My name is Willow, and I am 17 years old. I was first introduced to Art from Ashes at Children&#8217;s Hospital in the summer of 2018. Writing my feelings and trauma into the funnel of poetry helped me heal faster than I thought possible.<\/h5>\n<p>A couple of years later, Art from Ashes visited my online school and hosted workshops weekly. I recognized the name and began returning to the familiarity of poetry and the 3-minute prompts. The facilitators reached out in May and invited me to be an official <a href=\"https:\/\/artfromashes.org\/youth-ambassadors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">youth ambassador<\/a> (which I accepted in a heartbeat).<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: none;\">Metabolic Resistance Training: Build Muscle And Torch Fat At Once! <a title=\"chiron steroids\" href=\"https:\/\/ukgear.store\/hormones-peptides\">chiron steroids<\/a> Standing barbell overhead triceps extension | Exercise Videos &amp; Guides | Bodybuilding.com<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: f8991d;\">I began attending workshops multiple times a week and started performing my poetry at community events. These performances made me realize that people enjoy hearing my poetry and that my voice itself is worth hearing.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>With my newfound confidence in writing, I wasn\u2019t scared of performing in front of crowds of people, instead, I was excited and hopeful.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>I\u2019m now a senior in high school and plan to major in Creative Writing when I&#8217;m in college next fall to expand my love for writing and for poetry. <b>Yet words cannot express how grateful I am, and I am so excited to see where I get to go next with Art from Ashes by my side.<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">\u2014 Willow Tyler, they\/them, 17<br \/>\nArt from Ashes Youth Ambassador<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-lbaz98yv-485230a50f68d800d232e1217e6e9e83\">\n#top 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itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Art from Ashes youth ambassador Willow Tyler, 17, in front of their mural created in partnership with the Museum of Contemporary Art-Denver<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-17hlu54-ef68de45fbd20ec4c1b69564671bf3ea\">\n#top .flex_column.av-17hlu54-ef68de45fbd20ec4c1b69564671bf3ea{\nmargin-top:0px;\nmargin-bottom:24px;\n}\n.flex_column.av-17hlu54-ef68de45fbd20ec4c1b69564671bf3ea{\nborder-width:1px;\nborder-color:#edae44;\nborder-style:solid;\npadding:12px 12px 12px 12px;\n}\n.responsive #top #wrap_all .flex_column.av-17hlu54-ef68de45fbd20ec4c1b69564671bf3ea{\nmargin-top:0px;\nmargin-bottom:24px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-17hlu54-ef68de45fbd20ec4c1b69564671bf3ea av_one_fourth  avia-builder-el-7  el_after_av_one_fourth  el_before_av_two_third  no_margin flex_column_div  column-top-margin'     ><section  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You<br \/>\nare the sweetest flower, you<br \/>\nsmell like honeysuckle.<br \/>\nI know you are often confused,<br \/>\nbut you will make it.<br \/>\nNot because you &#8220;have to,&#8221;<br \/>\nbut because you can.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-lbazebvq-1a4f2be6a51c4e85e966390a3abfd70d\">\n.flex_column.av-lbazebvq-1a4f2be6a51c4e85e966390a3abfd70d{\npadding:12px 12px 12px 12px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-lbazebvq-1a4f2be6a51c4e85e966390a3abfd70d av_two_third  avia-builder-el-9  el_after_av_one_fourth  el_before_av_one_full  first no_margin flex_column_div  column-top-margin'     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-11b6ajc-4ea32fc25ce57198fa81ce56f9c5fb8e '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>[vfb id=79]<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-w8oxmg-fad45f4846404f84115af0635a428d8c\">\n.flex_column.av-w8oxmg-fad45f4846404f84115af0635a428d8c{\npadding:0 0 0 0;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-w8oxmg-fad45f4846404f84115af0635a428d8c av_one_full  avia-builder-el-11  el_after_av_two_third  avia-builder-el-last  first no_margin flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  column-top-margin'     ><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of our amazing youth ambassadors shares their experience and their poetry!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17903,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[156,39,9,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17880","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-creativity","category-news","category-poems"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artfromashes.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17880","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/artfromashes.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/artfromashes.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artfromashes.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artfromashes.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17880"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/artfromashes.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17880\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19475,"href":"https:\/\/artfromashes.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17880\/revisions\/19475"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artfromashes.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17903"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artfromashes.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17880"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artfromashes.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17880"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artfromashes.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17880"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}