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P oetry:
by Jael Tamar Sprinkle
Jael Tamar Sprinkle is a young woman
who was born and raised in the Alamo
group. She was separated from her hus-
band by Tony Alamo when she was sev-
enteen, in order to become Alamo’s sixth
wife. After two years as "part of his
harem," she was kicked out of the mar-
riage, and left, at the same time. Eventu-
ally finding and reconciling with her hus-
band, she has been out of the Alamo
group since 1996, and is the mother of six
children. Jael was awarded a prize in
poetry for a poem about her marriage.
Now completing an undergraduate
degree in Geology, she is also working
on a book about her cult experience.
Jael participated with this scrap-booked
poem in the first Phoenix Project in
Denver, in 2006.
Rebbe Fortune lives in Phoenix,
Arizona. She is currently writing
and illustrating a devotional book
designed for use by women recover-
ing from mind-control relationships
experienced in legalistic Christian
churches. Her purpose in writing
the book is to help women heal
from the fragmented view of them-
selves they received as a result of
abusive teachings regarding God’s
view of them as women. Rebbe's visu-
al artworks were shown in the
Phoenix Project at the 2010 ICSA
Conference in New York City.
Out of the
Darkness
Out of the Darkness
A difficult piece to create, this pastel is the most vivid representation of
my story, depicting my questions, what I believed to be God’s blind eye
to my suffering, and the attempt of evil to claw into the bright center of
the piece: a growing creativity, used to paint healing color into my world.
Providing hope to continue painting are the scarred hands of Christ,
reminding one that out of suffering comes healing and beauty.
Visual Art:
Rebbe Fortune
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P oetry:
by Jael Tamar Sprinkle
Jael Tamar Sprinkle is a young woman
who was born and raised in the Alamo
group. She was separated from her hus-
band by Tony Alamo when she was sev-
enteen, in order to become Alamo’s sixth
wife. After two years as "part of his
harem," she was kicked out of the mar-
riage, and left, at the same time. Eventu-
ally finding and reconciling with her hus-
band, she has been out of the Alamo
group since 1996, and is the mother of six
children. Jael was awarded a prize in
poetry for a poem about her marriage.
Now completing an undergraduate
degree in Geology, she is also working
on a book about her cult experience.
Jael participated with this scrap-booked
poem in the first Phoenix Project in
Denver, in 2006.
Rebbe Fortune lives in Phoenix,
Arizona. She is currently writing
and illustrating a devotional book
designed for use by women recover-
ing from mind-control relationships
experienced in legalistic Christian
churches. Her purpose in writing
the book is to help women heal
from the fragmented view of them-
selves they received as a result of
abusive teachings regarding God’s
view of them as women. Rebbe's visu-
al artworks were shown in the
Phoenix Project at the 2010 ICSA
Conference in New York City.
Out of the
Darkness
Out of the Darkness
A difficult piece to create, this pastel is the most vivid representation of
my story, depicting my questions, what I believed to be God’s blind eye
to my suffering, and the attempt of evil to claw into the bright center of
the piece: a growing creativity, used to paint healing color into my world.
Providing hope to continue painting are the scarred hands of Christ,
reminding one that out of suffering comes healing and beauty.
Visual Art:
Rebbe Fortune
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