A Book of Revelations, the Cover

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   I lack the words to fully explain what this piece means to me but I'll try my best to describe what I wanted to say with it. Being a female, and a self proclaimed feminist (no, I don't hate men. I'm simply a pro-life from womb to tomb woman who wants us females to truly know about our reproductive organs/cycles without being told that The Pill will solve all our issues. And who thinks having the ability to vote is pretty rad too. I call myself a feminist because it starts up some great conversations with liberals and conservatives alike), I had a lot of friends and acquaintances who questioned how I could reconcile that aspect of myself with my Roman Catholic beliefs.

   I ignored and shrugged off their comments until I realized why I didn't want to think about them. I didn't have answers to them. Some of their complaints made sense to me. And, dare I say it, some I agreed with. The fact that I wasn't sure about these aspects of my faith that seemed at odds with my core beliefs made me unsettled. What if I delved into this, really delved into this, and I didn't like the information I found? The more I meditated on it, the more ill at ease I became until I decided to find answers one way or the other.

And thus, this project was born.

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