First, I would like to thank you for being as brave as you are, and sharing some of the deepest and most personal parts of your life. Even though it's online, and not face to face, it can be intimidating and frightening.

Looking at this work that you have done here, I can see how so many elements correspond to your story. No doubt, the character in the mirror would be you. But it's not a reflection of your image in the mirror, it is you, the person, with all your hopes and dreams, trapped within the mirror. Close enough to life in the 'real' world to reach out and touch it occasionally, but never being able to be a part of life outside the glass. In opposition to that, the world outside the glass has a tendancy to pass by, barely even aware that there's a mirror on the wall, much less a soul trapped within.

The world you have depicted outside the mirror, speaks to me of how you may view it. Cracked, broken and jumbled. There are patterns that can be distinguished, but because of the discontinuity, these patterns don't always make sense or add up. The outside world is also desaturated, lacking the colors and tones of something that's living. This I feel is due to you often times only being able to see a shadow of the reality, through a foggy and opaque glass that is your prison.

On that star rating thing, I really felt compelled to give you five stars across the board. Trust me when I say that this is from no feeling of sorrow or pity for you. (Not that I have'nt been touched by your story, it pretty much brought me to tears) But because this piece truly demonstrates all those qualities to fine degree.

I have a personal motto I try and follow when it comes to art, "The more one has to explain about a work, the less effective that work is." I feel your piece here may be a little bit of an exception. On the one side, I feel anyone viewing this without the benefit of knowing your story would come to understand the basic elements of what you have depicted here. But coupled with your story, this work has impacted me more strongly than just about anything I've ever seen or read.

It's is said that some of the most powerful art comes from deep within the emotion of the artist, and I think this is an excellent case for that idea.

Thank you once again for sharing this, and so much of your personal story. I wish you the best in all that you dream for.