Issac Zomaya daubs gently at his past. He brushes along the lines of his survivor’s guilt. He colors through former thoughts of taking his own life.  And he does it all in the visage of other Veteran’s dogs. A former member of the Arkansas Army National Guard, Zomaya has turned to art therapy through the Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System’s vocational rehabilitation program, and as a volunteer with the health care systems’ voluntary services. His bright face and smart speech mask a past of darkness, guilt and financial trouble. He is quick to explain how medical issues and the suicide of a …

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