“Under Wraps”
Summer 2023
This piece invites viewers to contribute a secret to a portable room which can hold only one person. Secrets are typed on a vintage typewriter before being strung and tied to a collective web behind a green door. Standing inside, you are immersed in the whispers of souls bared and unburdened.
Immediately upon opening the sculpture to viewer participation, we recognized a recurring thread of emotional unrest and in some cases, danger.
While there is comfort in knowing you are not alone in your pain, we know from deep experience there is also a way to escape from it. Depression lies, hopelessness eases, joy returns. But sometimes we need professional help to find the path leading out of the dark forest.
We invite you to use the resources below to find your peace, ease your pain, and begin your new life today.
In honor and loving memory of Kirsten’s brother George.
Sonoma County Resources
Free and confidential peer supported programs.
The Wellness and Advocacy Center
2245 Challenger Way, Suite 104, Santa Rosa
(707) 565-7800
1033 Fourth St., Santa Rosa
(707) 546-4481
Petaluma Peer Recovery Project
5350 Old Redwood Hwy, Suite 600, Petaluma
(707) 565-1270
Russian River Empowerment Center
14520 Armstrong Woods Rd., Guerneville
(707) 604-7264
National Resources
National Suicide & Crisis Lifeline
Dial 988
We can all help prevent suicide. The 988 Lifeline provides 24/7, free and confidential support for people in distress, prevention and crisis resources for you or your loved ones, and best practices for professionals in the United States.
1-866-488-7386 (chat, text, and video call available on their site)
The Trevor Project’s mission is to end suicide among LGBTQ young people.
You deserve a welcoming, loving world. And so do the people you care about. Here you can reach out to a counselor if you’re struggling, find answers and information, and get the tools you need to help someone else.
Online Therapy
There are many options such as Better Health and Regain.
We recommend Open Path Collective. There’s a 1-time fee to join the network, then you receive access to therapists who offer sliding scale payments for services. Rather than a subscription service, you work directly with the therapists in the network. No insurance is involved. We do not get any benefit for referring you here, other than knowing it’s good from personal experience :)
