Collage-work on the question 'Why Raw?"

This morning I worked a collage in an attempt to get a conscious picture of my subconscious purposes for this raw diet. I know that the scale is a fickle master, and I know intellectually that I'm not doing this solely to lose weight, but I wanted to see what came up in a speed-collage on the question.


I started the process gathering a lot of images of healthy women who are thinner than myself, but that is not the weight of the collage. the weight of the collage seems to be "The enjoyment of Nature" and at the center, "being strong and pulling myself up out of medical fears". This is really valuable in that it gives me a point of reference for whether or not I'm "winning" at this challenge. I feel healthier, yes, I am strong? yes. I am less fearful of doctors visits? ... Yes, I think so.

Alkalizing my body gives me a concrete action to take in regards to that pesky "fear of recurrence" that flits into a cancer survivor's psyche at times of exhaustion or other lows. This is a bigger gift by far than the idea of wearing a size 6 or 8 again.

... and just look at how danged happy she looks gathering ripe mangos from a stand! I can completely relate to this image.