Healing through Colors: Heart Renderings on Canvas Book December 11, 2024 by Elizabeth Cantu(Author)
As they placed her on the stretcher to rush her to the hospital, Elizabeth did not know how dramatically her life would change. She could not speak. She struggled to think. It was later that the doctors would reveal that she had suffered a traumatic brain injury. Frustration, pain, and anguish ebbed through her soul as she struggled to relearn to communicate. How she would heal mentally and emotionally, only God could have designed. When she could not speak, art spoke for her and relayed every message of hope that lay within her. In this book, you are invited to explore the art of Elizabeth Cantu and hear her story of resilience, which is marked in each piece of her featured art. Using canvas and mixed media, this vibrant, dark, mysterious, intriguing, bold, and striking art collection reflects every emotion a traumatic brain injury survivor may experience with the hope for a better day. It was her passion to release the grief of her traumatic experience that drove her healing process. Eventually, she relearned to communicate, but her art pieces remain a reminder of the determination of her desire to speak out and win again. Read her story today. Elizabeth Cantu, DTM, is an author, artist, and advocate known as the Good Grief Coaching Girl. She utilizes her creative nature to help others navigate the potholes of grief, and when her time came to navigate her grief, she used those same techniques to power through her healing process.
