Soul ReIntegration Series: Resentment Remediation

A Tree Taught Me the Secrets of Alchemy

24” x 16” x 1"

Oil and acrylic on raw cotton canvas; mounted to cradled wood

2025

This piece draws inspiration from Zakia's collaborative work with Soil Generation and their forthcoming publication, Soul ReIntegration: An Artistic Self Exploration & Healing Journey Curriculum Guidebook. Zakia spent a year meditating on Prompt #3, “Resentment Remediation,” undergoing an intentional journey of reconnecting to her spiritual practices and training in energy work. Drawing from her early experiences with her tree friends surrounding her childhood home, and more recent encounters where she intuitively worked in collaboration with the trees to purge anger, resentment and grief, Zakia painted an ode to one of her most foundational energy healing practices. She envisions this work as a portal into Soul ReIntegration; symbolically shedding any and all pretenses, ego traps, masks and armors, Zakia is welcomed into the embrace of the void within.