Even though we have different beliefs, we were still able to find that middle ground or those things in common that we really like, like art, you know, things that just make us go, “Wow.” And so I think that kind of helped me be authentic with her. So I would say, “today was difficult, but this thought made me happy.” I remember times when I had to find a reason to write something happy. The things you have learned will guide you and nothing on earth can silence that quiet voice still inside you. And when that voice starts to whisper.” And I was there struggling because I have no idea what I’m doing. I’m far away from my family. It’s mentally exhausting. We’re not really allowed to read any other books outside of those authorized by your leaders, by your church leaders. A lot of people have felt the same way of being lonely.

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While living in Guatemala, homophobia was everywhere. In the Mormon church, certainly, there’s a lot of work to be done. I think that sending the postcards not only helped him, but it also helped me, like it helped both of us. I think the unicorn was captive, but it is also free meant to me that in my religion, we have a lot of laws, a lot of commandments to keep, but it is also freeing to keep those commandments. So that’s why it’s so profound to me, just knowing that being free doesn’t mean not having any laws, not having any rules. That’s not what freedom means. It means finding joy within those rules. We felt like we were new friends. We were new siblings. We found that we had so many things to do together in life. The re-encounter that I was having with my sister was accompanied by the re-encounter that we were having with these art pieces. That meant something to us and that told our story. We finally, I think, had that opportunity to have those conversations as two adult siblings who had now allowed themselves to be vulnerable with each other.

She allowed that into herself, into her soul. She invited it in. And that moment in the light and in those colors was a completely healing, miraculous, transformative experience. I moved alone. I moved on my own to New York and so all the coming out process, all the exploring who I am, and becoming who I am was kind of a process that happened independently from my family. I think there was a time when I spent four years without seeing any of them in person. Anyone who’s moved to New York has been lonely. I mean, it really can eat you up sometimes.

We might feel alone but we can create art still when we’re feeling alone. When you feel just so separated from the world, you can still create something beautiful.

Being alone with my parents, when all my siblings moved out, helped me find my own relationship with my heavenly father. I feel like I had the time, I had my parents to ask questions. Really having prayer in my life and the scriptures have helped me realize that God is there. We don’t talk about religion that much, but when he sent me those postcards, I think he was writing from a perspective that he had already served a mission and the things that helped him through his mission. So I think it helped me know he’s been there, he’s done this, and so can I. And I saw at The Met Store that they have these collections of one hundred postcards. One hundred masterpieces at The Met. And when I saw that, I said, “Eureka! This is it!” It makes us feel connected. It makes us feel like an adventure. It makes us feel loved. That connection of feelings is what makes art so powerful.When I think of Melina growing up, I remember all of us sitting around the table and everyone’s just kind of screaming loud and talking and like, blah, blah, blah. So the postcards became quite popular, actually. Her companions would notice that she would get postcards and they were like, “What are these?” and she would say, “Oh, well, my brother went out to New York to The Met and bought these postcards, and he sends them to me every few days, and there’s a hundred of them, and I have, you know, twenty-something, and I’m just waiting for the rest.” Silk board: This is most suitable for high resolution graphics like photos or for general everyday printing. If you’re a photographer then this is probably your best choice. Both my mom and dad are very faithful Mormons or members of the church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.

What you want to do with your postcard will vary so there will be no one single right or wrong way of doing things, but there is certainly a case for always putting something on both side of your postcards. Before going to The Met, I don’t think I had ever been to a huge art museum. Because I was able to go in for free, because I was a student, I would just take any opportunity I had to go down and just get lost. I would go maybe once or twice a month, to shift the focus away from me into something greater than myself. And remember how small my problems were and gain a little bit of perspective. Because you can go there and see, like, the Egyptian Wing with art from like 6,000 years ago, to you know, art that is contemporary and modern. He has given me peace in times of anguish. He’s given me joy in times of sadness and he always answers my prayers. I decided to serve a mission to preach the gospel to people that are interested. And all of my siblings have served as missions.And so it was really easy for me to just, every morning, wake up and write on my desk. I’d just grab one and spend literally less than a minute writing it up. And then on my way to school, which I was walking to school, just see a little mailbox and just drop it off and I was on my way. And that was that. And it was almost like a must, of like, “Okay, you’re done. Now come over here to New York and let’s go to The Met!” You know, I swear I did not plan this, but the very, very last postcard that I sent is one that has a beach on it. Writing the postcards was a way for both of us to feel love for each other. You know, choosing to be vulnerable, choosing to on purpose, share our lives, choosing to think of each other. Um, that allowed us to grow closer together and kind of share in our struggles, in our victories, and, uh, to celebrate each other.