shards rhythmic dance
Earth pigments, Beeswax, egg tempera & Wheat paste with Khadi and other plant sourced papers…
9” x 18”
3/25
some precedings/preceding artwork with shards
rolled Beeswax and Egg Tempera & natural pigment paintings on rag and plant sourced papers done between 1990 and 2012... 36" x 12" Tillson NY
Spring Equinox, March 20, 11:33 AM EDT candle light celebration... the candle lit 11:11 AM EDT and was cool by 3:00 PM - 3/20/22
involves what we leave behind... these are our considerations and responsibilities to make… it is also a statement with enough with the toxicity in our world!…
a Spring Equinox celebration with the old die off, mix with the elements, and new growth emerges...
a potlatch like recognition with letting go….
a Fire ceremony cleansing transformation...
a processing continuance...
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enfolding mandala
these shards have split away from the mandala piece where I lay core remains of candle work out with Earth upon a Silver Maple cut trunk allowing this entropic process enfolding and have been photo journaling the changings as seasonal liberating with a 3 year and continuing passages ...
as I let go with each adding to my stories with them...
passages and pathways change rapidly with our weather here with the Northeast US... our deep and structured past becomes workable with allowing opening to our shadow and its' structures... we can rework them in the now to reestablish how and where we want them to grow... digging and turning over the Earth, planting seed and setting out young plants in our real or metaphorical garden is a physical sense with this concept... reworking old thinking patterns that no longer serve our growth is another, more psychological and spiritual sensibility evolves and with a nudge may be our gateway with kind understanding, as well ness...
making marks
with the nature of our environment,
where we/I are presently,
internally,
while working,
with Nature,
externally,
like breath,
allowing our nature
to expose itself,
our understanding,
our/your/my balance
within/without…
collaboratives,
with nature...
past with presence
