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Chaos I: In an Astrology text I read sometime
ago, my combination of Sun Sign, Moon Sign and Rising Sign (Sagittarius,
Scorpio, Aries) was described as "Harmony thru Chaos". The
more experiences in life I have, the better that describes what I go
through.
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Ambivalence: I enjoy making collages from
magazine pictures and texts. As in much of my work, I start not knowing
where the process will take me. This piece came in the latter stages
of the break-up of my marriage and had to do with dealing with the
conflicting emotions of love, distress, anger, and hopelessness. The matador
has always been a strong symbol for me. I was taken to bullfights in
Mexico when I was 5 and continued to be impressed and enthralled into my
twenties where I attended more professional fights in Spain. Facing death,
whether real death or the death of part of your life calls us to not only
courage and bravery, but a leap of faith.
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Goddess of the Deep Dark:
While in an art expression class last year, I made this mask which
symbolizes the darkest, underworld part of me. She rarely is given a
voice because I'm supposed to be a nice person, but I've found that when she
can't speak her mind in some form, there are repercussions--depression,
anxiety, headaches, backaches, bitchiness leaking out all over the place!
She also sometimes comes out as The Demoness of Self-Hatred if
she's been locked in the "basement" too long.
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Hiding Within:
Another expression of depression. I'm finding, however, that there's
no where to hide.
