People often ask why I chose the name Evil Pawn.
The company is neither evil nor a pawn shop. The long story can be read in my old blog, but here is the short end of it.
I was told it would be brand suicide to stick with that name because no one would take it seriously, or they would fear the word evil.
A big part of what I have learned while being in this incarnation is that things are almost never what they seem, and you must always read between the lines. I named my artistic venture after a life situation.
Wilde wrote, “Life imitates art far more than art imitates life”. My life and art have always imitated one another; the things I have lived through, learned, and conquered.
There is so much to know in each life that can only be seen through reflection. Therefore, it is all meant to be; no matter how or when you finally see it.
The name was born out of a hurtful experience I had when my trust was betrayed by my best friend. It was in that moment that I thought of her as an ‘Evil Pawn’ in a plot to destroy me. She was only a small part of the plot another girl had created, but that didn’t matter; the only thing that mattered was that my best friend had hurt me so badly. She was one of the three defining best friendships in my young life & the most red-lettered.
I decided not to let myself change. I wouldn’t be afraid to love, give, and trust, even though I had been hurt. I decided that the negative would always result in a positive, a lesson, a gift, and I would never let pain put my candle out. With any and every betrayal, I would learn from it, continue to love, and never let anyone change my mind about people. The Evil Pawns in this world can knock you off the game board if you let them, but you have to remember, you are the King of your life; the main player; the one in your reality that is eternal. Pawns come and go, but the King of the board has the best moves. Eventually, I have come to realize, I am more the board than any player… in any square. -Faith