Her scent arrived first. Francis Denney’s Interlude. Delicate at the start, then coming to rest like a swaddle, a heavy musky balm, felt more than smelled. Next a tender clinking sound. Seashells? Wind chimes? No. Broken and mismatched rosary beads, dangling from wrists and waist. She bustled in with a casserole of course. Chicken and rice. And two old fashioneds, orange wedges and maraschinos on their colorful plastic skewers. (Sigh.) And she brought all of the pieces of self, abandoned…
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There Are a Lot of Roads to Get Where You’re Going
“There are a lot of roads to get where you’re going.” My nephew, Sam, said it was both humbling and relieving to witness this truth in his fellow interns during a 2013 summer internship…
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Several years ago I realized that every aspect of my life kept boiling down to one central belief...…
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I am sacred. I am present. I am seen. I am transformed. I Am Athena Emerging is 24×24”, mixed-media on plywood with a canvas giclee print, fabric, beads and a mounted mirror. Price: $250…
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I have a place in the web of connections – inner and outer, seen and unseen. I honor this place. I see what needs to be rewoven and I heal it with love. I…
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I wear the crown of Lady Liberty and stand firmly upon her pedestal. My story settles into my solid foundation. I am seen. And that’s OK. I Am Lady Magdalene is 24×24”, mixed-media on…
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I see myself blending my stories – old and new Tying the colorful patterns above to the structures and templates below. Softening the blending with lace; with love. I Am Love is 24×24”, with…
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I am willing to rewrite my story. I feel it forming – the new words coming to me, one by one phrase by phrase sentence by sentence. I write it. Then I believe it.…
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As I gently touch my face to the blue skin of Kali, I release a pattern I lessen a firm belief I shift a perception I widen a boundary. I feel the sacred in…
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As I look through Aditi’s core, I know that I am resting in her vast openness. I have let go of judgment. I no longer compare myself to others. I have released expectation. I…