Turning Pain Into Purpose — Creating Art Amongst Isolation

Marisa Donnelly
4 min readAug 19, 2021
MaggShots Photography

In the moments that we are stripped, brought down to the innermost core of who we are and what we care about — there, true beauty is born.

I, like many others, did not realize this until the pandemic hit. Until businesses and dreams alike were shut down. Until safe spaces were blocked with yellow tape and faces were hidden by square strips of cloth.

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Marisa Donnelly

Writer, editor, writing coach + teacher who’s passionate about words and helping people. Founder of Be A Light Collective. Bonus mom. marisadonnelly.com