Little Sun and her Beautiful Drawings for a Beautiful Cause

Little Sun (or Renée) had asked me to give her a reading not too long ago. She was interested in my work and after explaining who I am and what I do, I wanted to know about her. I noticed she had this Etsy shop with beautiful, clearly hand crafted art. I was touched by her idea of a prison reformation. Which I agree with, I feel the answer is not to throw people in prison, but to help them, help rehabilitate them. I don't believe that people are bad by nature, they end up in the wrong place at the wrong time, lack of knowledge, lack of understanding, lack of resources is what causes people to end up in prison. All of her profits go to helping prisoners, which really is an ignored cause. There is so much stigma against prisoners, people think they're all these monsters but most of the people in prison are in there for non-violent reasons and have gone through hard ships and have had no one and no support. So I think it's very important that we remember how important it is to support all sorts of people. There are innocent people fighting for their lives on death row, it just goes to show how not everyone who is sent to jail is always guilty. If we ignore these people and don't give them support, if we keep shunning these people and label them all as "criminals" then we give them an excuse not to change. We encourage this behavior because we place a stigma on them and say go away.

So I think it's beautiful that Little Sun (or Renée) has decided to put so much dedication towards such a stigmatized group and hopefully her message of peace and unity and caring will spread.

The below was written by Little Sun (or Renée) herself.:

Drawings by Renée 
http://littlesunii.blogspot.com
My cardshop http://littlesun.etsy.com  the Little Sun has appeared in my drawings for about 17 years After my sister died I felt desperate to do something with my gift.
My other sister suggested etsy because it's a "handmade" site
My cards are totally done by me.
Starts with paper and pencil, gets scanned in edited and brightened named
then I use Microsoft publisher to make the actually card. My simple little
drawings have been sold in 5 countries LittleSun Himself was featured on CBS Sunday Morning.
You'd think I'd have a thriving business but no such luck Hallmark etc horrible competition
What makes mine a bit different is you can actually get a custom card. Main theme
the crazier the more fun. A lady once wrote "can you make a card for my mother-in-law she gardens and loves Elvis", voila turned out precious.
Now because of my love of magic the theme is witches, Wicca, pagan greetings
I've done pet portraits  I have my own style and voice and like most artists I like
My own work. It's me.
 
My cheery little cards have been sent to prisoners around the country My extreme
mission is prison reform which has turned into helping individuals.
Prison does not allow a person to send things its all a racket the prisons except  money to prisoners magazines and books have to be sent thru the publisher. March I will be buying a pair of shoes for a  young man--they must be bought through the prison. Any and all proceeds end up going to prisoners.

Sometimes I'll use prisoner art for a card as well. It's their proud way of reciprocating.
I also sell on ebay. http://myworld.ebay.com/littlesunii