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From the wallpaper to the soul: Ro shares the raw story of surviving childhood trauma, bullying, and finding her voice through art. Uncut, unapologetic, and #RefinedByFire.

From the depths of trauma and survival mode, a "nobody" discovered a secret power. Stripped of ego by abuse and bullying, she found a "private line" to a presence more real than the physical world. This is the story of how pain became a refiner’s fire, burning away the lies to reveal a raw, breathing dependence on the One who allows her existence. It is a journey from a dark hallway of fear to the highest place of surrender—where being nothing to the world means being truly s

Pain has been my compass. For years, I existed in high-alert survival mode, silenced by abuse and the weight of being a "nobody." But in that darkness, I found a private line to a truth that schools couldn't teach. This post, featuring Ro Faiva’s visual for "Tu i luga" (Stand Up), explores the refiner’s fire that burns away ego to reveal a raw, unshakable strength. It is a call to stand in the face of adversity—not through arrogance, but through the power of true surrender.

A thank you to the late Mr. Williamson, my art teacher at Tangaroa College, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th form. A grate-ful ex-TC student.