On Pain and Power
“Midpoint,” Aviva Rahmani photocollage 18”x20”
When I was 14, I successfully lobbied my parents to be sent away to school. I intuitively knew my survival depended on being someplace else. My mother sold her jewelry to afford my tuition and by my last year in school abroad, I prepared my portfolio to apply to Parsons School of Design and I was on my way.