• 46″H x 12″W x 13″D
• Vintage knit dress
• Glass and gemstone beads
• Wool felting
• Arrows created from plastic tubes and transparency sheets

Persistent sadness clung to me 

like my shadow, I could not shake

thrown into a deep well from which 

I could see 

blue sky but could not obtain

nor catch my breath

under a hopeless weight 

that no one cares

*Dysthymia is a slow-rolling and less intense, but long-term form of depression. It occurs in up to 2 percent of children and up to 8 percent of adolescents, affecting females twice as often as males. Children with dysthymia may experience persistent sadness, emptiness, low self-esteem, feelings of hopelessness, anxiety, and hypersensitivity to rejection.