I marvel at how the universe can sometimes make it impossible for you to look away. That is my reality. My dad is dying and not in a nice way but slow and painful way. My friend, Ken Maloney, has asked me to join him in a show at ClaySpace that focuses on where we grew up. So to deal with all the issues/demons, I am making art. I decided to do a series of alters which I am calling "Secrets." This one is "Secrets One: The Adopted Grandmother." The alters are made from clay and the contents are from different people in my life growing up. Now that I have finished the first one based on my adopted grandma Rachel, I am anxious to continue. The healing has hopefully began.
I really like them, and also think their are of great power and healing for you. Keep doing them, as Julia Cameron said, in one of my favorites quotes:
ReplyDelete-art brings things to light, it illuminates us, it sheds light in our lingering darkness...arts opens the closets, airs out the cellars and attics. it brings healing. but before a wound can heal it must be seen, and this act of exposing the wound to air and light, the artist's act, if often reacted to with shaming-