# @theartistmasik on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DUTWBCtiazN
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/61221281-theartistmasik-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-02-03T16:28:41.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** PAMELA MASIK  Artist | Creative Strategist + Catalyst (@theartistmasik) — https://gondola.cc/theartistmasik

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We weren’t supposed to care. But I did.

In 2009, I created ‘The Creative Journey’. It was an empowering art program at the Union Gospel Mission for women living in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside.

We literally pulled women off the street, began in a tiny chapel in the shelter and then.. magic happened.

It started as a simple offering. Then it became a lifeline.
A safe space to be seen. 
To feel. To create. To heal. 

My heart burst with love for I witnessed such beautiful transformations. 

Some of the women had fled from abusive relationships, while others were questioning their very existence. One woman lost everything in a house fire, while another struggled with mental and physical disabilities. 

You see, everyone is on a journey with trials and tribulations. It is with compassion that we can make a difference even if it doesn’t feel like it in this state of the world today. Change begins within and we must support and empower each other.

The women made this book for me and I wanted to share it with you- I had to step down from my position back then even though I created it, there was alarming controversy with a series I painted that the women in the program were bullied and I, death threats. It truly broke my heart. This wouldn’t happen today —our younger generations would call that sh*t out.

I’m all choked up as I write this because there were times I too questioned if I mattered.

Then I read Anna’s message:

“You made us feel like a family.”
“You gave us hope.”

That journey never ended. I have clawed my way out of the darkest times because I knew I had more in me to give.
 
In my healing and growth, I have realized the evolution of the ‘Creative Journey’.

Literally YEARS in the making the kind of thing that comes from a life lived. 

Enter:

The Method.
Ritual. 
Transmute. 
Ascend.

More on this soon!

🛟Save this for the days when you need to remember why you create. 

The world needs you. You matter.

#TheCreativeJourney #theartistmasik  #HealingThroughArt #youmatter

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