The artist, Ruth, with 4 of her art pieces. Singlehandedly creating. Unhiding through art, one canvas at a time.

Painting With Your Other Hand.

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This summer, I started painting—with the hand I hid for 25 years. Because sometimes the things we’ve hidden the longest have the most to teach us. Facing the Doubts Truth? I wasn’t sure what would happen. Maybe something beautiful, maybe something that looked like a preschool finger-painting. (Spoiler: some of it did.) And underneath it…