sharing her journey of transformation.
It takes courage
and a holistic approach to life
to enter into this transformative approach.
And ...
I believe in miracles too!
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A inspiring woman sharing her journey of transformation. It takes courage and a holistic approach to life to enter into this transformative approach. And ... I believe in miracles too!
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Erika Cleveland is one of the doll artists I admire. Her work resonates deeply. Her dolls are story tellers, story keepers. Handcrafts, and textiles especially,
can be a powerful and evocative tool to increase awareness and provoke action to effect change in the lives of human beings. Each human life is so precious and we are blessed if we are graced with good health and well-being. Not every one is so lucky. Textile installations, such as this incredible work of art by Caren Garfen, draw us in with its apparent innocence and shocks us into deep reflection with its hard-hitting realism and message. I am in awe. Read more about her work I was empowered by this talk from Sarah Corbett.
Empowered because she honoured the gifts of the introvert. Empowered because she named some of these gifts: deep thinking; intriguing people and drawing them in; intimacy. Empowered because she valued my contribution to life. Empowered because she encourages the subtle activist as much as the front-line protestor. Many of the textile figures and art I create are an invitation to both myself and others to think; to react; to bring about change one person at a time. One of the big influences on my textile art journey has been Malcolm Harrison. The breadth and depth of his work exhilarates and inspires me. I was privileged to have a viewing of Malcolm Harrison's "The Family" at the Dowse Gallery in Wellington. It was a breath taking, awe-inspiring time. In this clip, the commentator says "...textiles have got to say something that can't be said in paint" I can't agree more. Certainly this would apply to my doll making and soft sculpture. And yet, he looks to the painters, such as Henri Rousseau, to inspire his work. I am in awe. weefolkstudio.com/2018/09/06/censored/
This article and the amazingly wonderful cautionary tale raised so many questions for me. How do I give myself permission to move in a different direction, to move from the expected? Do I have a responsibility to use my art for the common good? To champion justice? How dependent are artists on the funding of governments and corporates? Does this influence what and how we create? How do I balance the need to pay bills with the need to speak out? How do I give the voiceless a means to be heard? SINGULARITY
by Marie Howe (after Stephen Hawking) Do you sometimes want to wake up to the singularity we once were? so compact nobody needed a bed, or food or money -- nobody hiding in the school bathroom or home alone pulling open the drawer where the pills are kept. For every atom belonging to me as good Belongs to you. Remember? There was no Nature. No them. No tests to determine if the elephant grieves her calf or if the coral reef feels pain. Trashed oceans don’t speak English or Farsi or French; would that we could wake up to what we were — when we were ocean and before that to when sky was earth, and animal was energy, and rock was liquid and stars were space and space was not at all — nothing before we came to believe humans were so important before this awful loneliness. Can molecules recall it? what once was? before anything happened? No I, no We, no one. No was No verb no noun only a tiny tiny dot brimming with is is is is is All everything home The placebo ratchet
A placebo that works becomes more powerful. Which makes it more likely to work next time. It's that simple, but it's magic. Placebos work for two reasons: The confidence they create makes it more likely our body will respond, our work will improve, that something will go better. Things might get better on their own, but if the placebo was around when it happened, it gets the credit. And so, we end up with medicines or horoscopes or mantras or methods or devices that help us. Without a lot of expense, without side effects, without a hassle. The positive ratchet of reinforcement can help us from Seth Godin |
Liz PearceI am a doll-maker; a doll interpreter; a doll activist, perhaps, using this medium to reflect on the human condition. Archives
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