Laya is the last in a limited series of dolls called 'Girl Reclining on a Sofa'.

"Ah! There is nothing like staying at home, for real comfort,”   wrote Jane Austen.

How do I view home:
as a place to relax and unwind, a sanctuary,
or a place which is just as busy and stressful as the outside world?
Do we need to create spaces and places where we can be truly ourselves?

Jaiyesimsi is one of a limited series of dolls called 'Girl Reclining on a Sofa'.

These girls look as if they are quite used to being waited upon.

I wonder what it is like to have servants -

people to tend to your every want and desire.

Does it change your view of the inherent dignity and equality of each human being?

How do we continue to see in each person the face of Christ?

Abutona is one of a series of dolls called 'Girl Reclining on a Sofa'.
Perhaps Abutona is daydreaming as she reclines on her sofa.

"You are daydreaming about the future because you have not tasted the present.
Start tasting the present.
Find out a few moments when you are simply delighting.
Looking at the trees, just be the look.
Listening to the birds, just be a listening ear.
Let them reach to your deepest core.
Let their sons spread all over your being."

Osho

Sabra is the third doll a series of six called 'Girl Reclining on a Sofa'.

Rest is an essential part of being human.
The need for rest is embedded in the creation story.
It is ritualised and practiced in the concept of Sabbath and sabbaticals.
Rest enables our body and spirit and soul to recover.
Rest gives space for our creative ideas to surface.

So ...
how do we use this gift of rest?
Fill it with busyness?
Lie languidly on a sofa?
Meditate?
Use it as an opportunity for grace to work in our lives?

Rochelle is one of six dolls reclining on a sofa.

Somehow, this image emphasises for me, the huge divide between the 'haves' and the 'have-not's.
I am thinking of the 8% of the world who control most of the world's wealth and resources
and of the millions of people living in abject poverty, sold into slavery, starving to death.
Do we have an inherent, human responsibility to fight injustice
and for basic human rights and services for all?
We must consider how we use the resources we each have.
Change begins with each individual,
living a life of gratitude, generosity and compassion.

Hania is one of six dolls, a woman reclining on a sofa.

I have always been captivated by this image
and made my first one many years ago
from a pattern in "Magnificent Patchwork" by Marie-Janine Solvit.

Many famous artists have portrayed women reclining on a sofa.
I love Berthe Morisot's 'Portrait of Madame Hubbard'.