Summary
She turned her horror into art
Rush Cole had no intentions to write about her personal struggles overcoming the aftermath of childhood physical and sexual abuse.See the full content of this document
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Painting Away the Darkness
But she wasn't surviving in mainstream society. She kept herself distracted enough in her 20s. Drugs helped. So did her art, which she used only as a way to pay bills at that point.
She tried counseling but her dark secret -- the secret she was terrified to tell anyone after her father threatened her life -- still haunted her. And all the good intentions and positive thinking didn't prevent...See the full content of this document
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