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LOCAL Thursday 4 February 2021

“Tenderness of Strength”: How Roslyn

Schwengle turned darkness to light

through art

Continued from Page 8 unconditionally. The creative Islander would
Like I have learned, even like to congratulate Roslyn
How do you feel after the in darkness life continuous, with her well-earned suc-
exhibition? and so will Aruba.” cess. Wishing you nothing
“I feel so grateful for my but abundant achieve-
journey and all that I have How does the future look ments moving forward.
accomplished so far. Fur- like for you? Keep doing what you love
thermore, I am grateful “My main goal at the mo- and what you are passion-
for everyone who has be- ment is to graduate and ate about. Aruba needs
lieved in my dreams as earn my Bachelor degree your support in the future in
much as I have. After 6 in Fine Arts in 2021. I see developing a dynamic and
months of hard work, my myself developing my pas- innovative cultural and
team and I made history sion further and working in creative industry. Sending
and displayed a ground- this field of arts. My dream all the support and admira-
breaking artistic exhibition. is to paint big murals and tion!
This is something I will take to display my work in differ-
with me moving forward. ent museums and galler- If you want to support Ro-
This experience has taught ies. How I am going to get slyn’s beautiful work and
me a lot and it is such a there I am not sure, but with see her journey, visit her
privilege to share that with faith I know I will achieve website: roslynschwengle.
an audience. I worked my goals.” com or find her on social
hard, did my best and pre- media platforms.q
sented my work, and after
so many challenges in my
trajectory I can finally say:
that I have received my
“greenlight” to move to
the final stage of my grad-
uation.”

What is your message for
Aruba?
“My beloved Island, ad-
mire and value our culture.
Our cultural heritage and
expression must continue.
Learn our history and rec-
ognize our artistic talents.
If you love to sing, dance,
paint, or any form of cre-
ative expression, don’t
stop. Any form of expres-
sion doesn’t cost you any-
thing besides happiness.
Aruban artists, profession-
als, and also young adults,
take the courage to fol-
low your dream, believe in
yourself, and make a dif-
ference in our community.
Like they say “the defini-
tion of insanity is doing the
same thing over and over
again and expecting a dif-
ferent result”. Recognize
your worth, and become
the light you want to see in
our society. Concentrate
on what is necessary at the
moment and love yourself

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