- Jessica Bellamy
52 Letters Week 30


I see how active you are in collaborating with other artists...
I was very hopeful.
Now for the meaningful writing...
thank you for being my friend all those years ago.
Was it the 5th grade...?
In my hazy memories we were
two insecure girls
named Jessica
trying to navigate the social hell
of adolescence.
...hard adjusting years
My mom moved us,
starting middle school with no dad
and no friends...
....I clung to those few visits we had.
Then you moved...
I always admired you for being so unique.
...you express yourself so much more
honestly and openly
than I ever did.
I love that about you!
Knowing you helped me to embrace
my "otherness"...
I ALWAYS felt different...
Still do.
I love the artwork you have been sharing.
...so primal
and angry
and beautiful.
It's fabulous and
so very reflective of you.
...one thing I've been thinking about--
my role as an artist
in these times.
How I'll reflect these...things,
if I will at all.
I would love to know your thoughts on that.
...I'm running out of space...
There was so much more
I wanted to say--