Archive for February, 2009

A Shadowy Ritual

February 27th, 2009

Rituals are a feature of almost all known past or present human communities. Often, a ritual is a sequence of repeated actions believed to have symbolic value. Rituals include various acts of worship associated with organized religions and cults such as compliance with religious obligations or ideals, satisfaction of spiritual or emotional needs of the […]

Me - as a Garden Statue

February 9th, 2009

This is an altered doll. She’s been painted with copper and then a verdigris patina was applied on top. Her lovely blonde hair now resembles something more like steel wool with copper streaks through it.
This doll symbolizes me, going through chemotherapy. I call her the Garden Statue.  Like a statue she just stands passively while […]