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Writer's pictureLouise Funnell

Powerful Vulnerability

I am inspired by films

Actually, I get inspiration through many different routes, and mostly when I am not looking for it. However films; films always seem to provoke questions, ideas. Some fall to the ground but others are unrelenting, sparking my soul until there is a connection and the thought consumes the whole of my mind. This is one of them.

In the film Suicide Squad, there is a moment where my heart smashed into the reality of what [i feel] we so often do. There is an instant of absolute terror where Harley Quinn witnesses that which should break her; and for a moment it does. It ends as the squad return to her, the painted face smiles again, the pain hidden, tho the eyes fail her. How often have we done this? Painted on our smile, while the brokenness destroys our insides.

I get inspired by people, one of these people lately made me so proud that I couldn’t put into everyday language how I felt, so instead, I created. She chose not to paint on her happy smile, she chose to be real. Real did not mean dwelling in her pain and suffering, real was choosing to fight, choosing to rebuild, choosing to trust. Vulnerability at its core is powerful, she was powerful even in weakness. I stand with her and honour her bravery. This creation is inspired by her:

She is poised, ready to speak knowing that in each word there is truth She takes a breath, she knows he is with her yet she is aware of the formulas of what has happened before when she has stood Not this time, they will not hold me down and even if they come

still I will speak

What happens next is words full of truth Pour forth from her heart Connect with ours Fight off the darts That we face day in day out

And He, He does a mighty work Taking her words firing them at strongholds binding the enemy pushing out words that harm and pouring in his truth like soft balm Rivers flooding our hearts Transforming our minds Pressing restart

She finishes, she has spoken all she was given knowing that in each word there is truth She takes a breath, she knows he is with her yet she is aware of the formulas of what has happened before when she has fought Not this time, they will not hold me down and even if they come

still I will stand

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