Category Archives: Floral

Nov12

Maiden Primavera

Posted on November 12, 2015 by mandalamama3

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This is the first in my “Seasons” series representing four seasons of womanhood. Springtime (primavera) is represented by the maiden on the verge of menarche and the beginning of womanhood. Her arms are decorated and blessed by henna, the basket represents bounty. Woven into the henna is the symbol “Sankofa” which represents wisdom and reaching to the past to gain insight and build the future. The owl signifies the ancestral wisdom of womanhood whispering in her ear. The beehive signifies the community of woman she is being birthed into.

Aug12

Riotous

Posted on August 12, 2015 by amybirthingbody

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8×8 Print (4 color digital process, limited edition, 100 in a series): $50
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Original: $800

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This was inspired by a quote from a Rumi poem…

“And don’t think the garden loses its ecstasy in winter.
It’s quiet, but the roots are down there, riotous.”

Form Is Ecstatic

There is a shimmering excitement in

being sentient and shaped. The

caravan master sees his camels lost

in it, nose to tail, as he himself is,

his friend, and the stranger coming

toward them. A gardener watches the

sky break into song, cloud wobbly with

what it is. Bud, thorn, the same.

Wind, water, wandering this essential

state. Fire, ground, gone. That’s

how it is with the outside. Form

is ecstatic. Now imagine the inner:

soul, intelligence, the secret worlds!

And don’t think the garden loses its

ecstasy in winter. It’s quiet, but

the roots are down there riotous.

If someone bumps you in the street,

don’t be angry. Everyone careens

about in this surprise. Respond in

kind. Let the knots untie, turbans

be given away. Someone drunk on this

could drink a donkeyload a night.

Believer, unbeliever, cynic, lover,

all combine in the spirit-form we are,

but no one yet is awake like Shams.

-Rumi (from the book, Soul of Rumi, translated by Coleman Barks.)

Nov13

Autonomy

Posted on November 13, 2014 by mandalamama3

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6×6 Digital “Mini Print”: $20

8×8 Digital print (100 in a series): $50
12×12 Giclee Print (50 in a series): $180

Original: $600

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This piece was done for the Genital Autonomy Symposium. It is my belief that every human being has a right to decide for themselves what should be done with and to their own bodies. The red hamsa is a symbol of protection of this right. The lotus reminds us that children are born perfect, just as they are.

For an unbiased, humorous, non-judgmental, and informative segment on why we circumcise in the US, see below: