{"product_id":"kia-kaha-be-strong","title":"Kia Kaha (Be Strong)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: arial, sans-serif;\"\u003ePowerlessness. Devastation. Turmoil. Torment.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: arial, sans-serif;\"\u003eThe central figure stands powerless against what is happening within her. She is barely holding on, restrained by invisible bonds she feels unable to break. She watches herself slipping away, yet feels helpless to stop it.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: arial, sans-serif;\"\u003eThe figure on the left has dissolved. She can no longer fight. She no longer recognises herself. She has been stripped bare - nothing is left but emptiness.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: arial, sans-serif;\"\u003eThe figure on the right embodies torment, anger and fear, yet she continues to fight to hold herself together. She feels herself disappearing, silently screaming as her identity slips further from reach.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: arial, sans-serif;\"\u003eThis work is inspired by\u003cspan class=\"gmail_default\"\u003e traumatic seizures and the psychological aftermath that ensues. \u003c\/span\u003e It recognises the suffering that so many people endure through invisible illness\u003cspan class=\"gmail_default\"\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003etrauma. Society often tells us to “be strong,” as though strength is measured by how well we hide our pain. But true strength is something quieter.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: arial, sans-serif;\"\u003eReal strength is enduring when you feel completely lost. It is surviving when you feel as though you are being torn apart. It is holding on when your mind and body no longer feel like your own.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: arial, sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eKia Kaha\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a reminder to search for the smallest thread of light within yourself, however faint its voice may become. Through the fog, the heaviness and the dissociation, there remains a place where the soul remembers who you are. Hold onto that place. Let it guide you forward until, piece by piece, you find your way back to yourself.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: arial, sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e120(w) x 150(h) x 4cm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"tracie eaton","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47127567761564,"sku":null,"price":18500.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0685\/8774\/9532\/files\/KiaKahaTracieEaton2026_1.jpg?v=1782779890","url":"https:\/\/tracieeaton.com\/products\/kia-kaha-be-strong","provider":"tracie eaton","version":"1.0","type":"link"}