tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-48078600155257140272024-02-19T23:56:17.711-08:00Lauren Raine MFAPast and Current Work of artist Lauren Raine - masks, sculpture, performance arts, paintings.Lauren Rainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12157367890138761677noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807860015525714027.post-16844814721453660472023-02-13T17:58:00.000-08:002023-02-13T17:58:33.874-08:00A Shrine (and a new book) for Spider Woman<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXlaCN9QDgN5uI-OmhReTpycqO_Jv5iWSAaPb5hrL4FwYImMSAxlQPhYOMLUZyncuGS4GYwv6X6hhHD9AD0mz9qjpM8VSeWABjFOUP0ga5YUr14TLpvMaCPTxsIti_U72gen6D16aFeNv2zZXxKxq_FfDymJnix_o6hrsUpKpLbG-iJMobqCc6lZ8Kcw/s2621/sp2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2621" data-original-width="1998" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXlaCN9QDgN5uI-OmhReTpycqO_Jv5iWSAaPb5hrL4FwYImMSAxlQPhYOMLUZyncuGS4GYwv6X6hhHD9AD0mz9qjpM8VSeWABjFOUP0ga5YUr14TLpvMaCPTxsIti_U72gen6D16aFeNv2zZXxKxq_FfDymJnix_o6hrsUpKpLbG-iJMobqCc6lZ8Kcw/w488-h640/sp2.JPG" width="488" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"> And a new version of <b><a href="https://www.blurb.com/b/11431353-spider-woman-s-hands">SPIDER WOMAN'S HANDS</a></b>, available through <a href="http://Blurb.com.">Blurb.com.</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">"Tse Che Nake, Thought Woman, </span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">the Spider</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">is sitting in Her room now</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">thinking up a good story.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">I'm telling you the story</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">She is thinking."</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">.......Pueblo Proverb</div><p></p>Lauren Rainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12157367890138761677noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807860015525714027.post-78155406603722321242022-12-03T11:01:00.009-08:002022-12-03T11:14:56.804-08:00A Shrine for the Lost: The Sixth Extinction<p style="text-align: center;"><em style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; position: relative; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh41iPOP7yBHMWHVp23sJYeDsgLQYebjwCxV1zVVnXGpJaf4_EeOpraDJV36sN-DpylbqXdQW3Yt0rvj8ujkTJpCg1_eDTpVdGVQHO6Y031QVxNsa_59igfm_j3jepowCu4_QK-p_ZvWduLVwXGdXTPxUfeC-Oc363hI8lLy2YdpjzE7hZShlE5Aq8MZg/s3600/1%20center%20piece%20image.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3600" data-original-width="3600" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh41iPOP7yBHMWHVp23sJYeDsgLQYebjwCxV1zVVnXGpJaf4_EeOpraDJV36sN-DpylbqXdQW3Yt0rvj8ujkTJpCg1_eDTpVdGVQHO6Y031QVxNsa_59igfm_j3jepowCu4_QK-p_ZvWduLVwXGdXTPxUfeC-Oc363hI8lLy2YdpjzE7hZShlE5Aq8MZg/w400-h400/1%20center%20piece%20image.jpg" width="400" /></a></em></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3247" data-original-width="2299" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6yCMRgRFphTYUYkRgy-41peK-Yi-WRlJHR-bc9_AKsuS4jIVQ--0itEJ1wBAKeVvBLx5fP3ZKEdNMGN6QISQ41HExUHA2vS4KKOxua7cD1esvA46feAjUx9K6klR0zPE5iK_wjkQ7XRMZpOKDngYL6nNfWUwlOFqkRsXtXRI3tDL8Yu8JMdUDzcN-cw/w284-h400/4%20Shrine%20view.JPG" width="284" /></a></div><br /><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Funded by the <b>Puffin Foundation</b>, my SHRINE FOR THE LOST: THE 6TH EXTINCTION was installed November 1, 2022 for Dia de los Muertos. It includes a <b>Book</b>, four 8 foot tall wall-hung <b>Panels</b>, and an accompanying <b><a href=" https://youtu.be/5GE5kxwhxFw">Video </a></b>made in collaboration with Tucson artist Kathy Keler. I am very grateful to Kathy for the video especially.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666;"><br /></span></span></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo6T5ijACqkrZkrf5DCo2kcqRfFYTPjhdiEOZ43RCZuPHkp-zrpg7fPzIBgAA_E50wSWSaOHgm3Kk5Gwj2l5r2caammmi5Se5LuLiD5W-5dAsiSUccYONh6aWUhi4ZPn2BpdylR1K2NgO-1pfNq85_MJWWU_1IqOika3hZx2P-BFTs7TeCcDiaAU1zqQ/s3264/6%20book%20and%20shrine.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo6T5ijACqkrZkrf5DCo2kcqRfFYTPjhdiEOZ43RCZuPHkp-zrpg7fPzIBgAA_E50wSWSaOHgm3Kk5Gwj2l5r2caammmi5Se5LuLiD5W-5dAsiSUccYONh6aWUhi4ZPn2BpdylR1K2NgO-1pfNq85_MJWWU_1IqOika3hZx2P-BFTs7TeCcDiaAU1zqQ/w320-h240/6%20book%20and%20shrine.JPG" width="320" /></a></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">It will be shown at the 2023 Parliament of World Religions, and it is my hope that the installation will travel to other venues as an educational Memorial. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span> <a href=" https://youtu.be/5GE5kxwhxFw"> https://youtu.be/5GE5kxwhxFw</a></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><a href=" https://youtu.be/5GE5kxwhxFw"> </a> </span><div><div><br style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><em style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; position: relative;"><span style="color: #508d24;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="345" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5GE5kxwhxFw" width="416" youtube-src-id="5GE5kxwhxFw"></iframe></div></span></em><br /></div></div></div>Lauren Rainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12157367890138761677noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807860015525714027.post-61568213950496056512022-01-24T05:05:00.003-08:002023-02-13T18:18:20.815-08:00New Masks<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiLeUHzLylal0qLiifDQH7VUyw78b7NCCXlaS4pd0xh5y17AdbHVksTKMiVVqLn-C1PEt7zC5leAKIlOyPPs26Ird1lfqDL1FBNqrDvxezXD_Wgi_2uZr60QvAprD5cNfq4wPhMATE6EDOgZctSQqrnw3FFs2e7aRpLobQwJZZAPuRzHEpGTkSEAde-Eg=s2412" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2015" data-original-width="2157" height="374" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC1BREESSEKxuHaLcgoeayOn6KPkNqZUwEiXoUI7wRUMvFLVUjKaBHaP-by3OfRoz9Uli0Q0DyOqoZ0P6dRnK9EnJ3E7d0YwH7EB1YPy2QqLlBRJ1SE0wZe_2cC0g08SQ7AdhHG0UlgpD2P2_aViERGDrMQQ1855uxQXcOV-ntyf79WE7F2nNOtEpgAA/w400-h374/Selkie.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Selkie</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEeCR2PHpyDeZAzl_ZGqg-JVK54WYsG1uzQcspSrwcuUCAULUHh64xJEx-MdVr4eTQD15j9OvohUth1ypz2xMeKLnqtE7wor9oVen3iO2q6z_AJxtPjVnVilunEnv25f2WCSrPbQqskU3PflpZwUn9wJbIX-M-1MDbLLXV-AR_fgCD7uSWaOJL3QUijg/s2349/IMG_3962.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1870" data-original-width="2349" height="319" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEeCR2PHpyDeZAzl_ZGqg-JVK54WYsG1uzQcspSrwcuUCAULUHh64xJEx-MdVr4eTQD15j9OvohUth1ypz2xMeKLnqtE7wor9oVen3iO2q6z_AJxtPjVnVilunEnv25f2WCSrPbQqskU3PflpZwUn9wJbIX-M-1MDbLLXV-AR_fgCD7uSWaOJL3QUijg/w400-h319/IMG_3962.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">flower Deva</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglUAFBFjIL9VwQe_wkbjsZEzSpvygkkQj-Nx8FLUL3F_jkWo6dAb0gJc_ePIum3mUSMKDzTMk6vcnisLi6GP0NQLrKuyiR9nsu0zjKK8zdvuNgQaxT5jGMC47WO9LucTkSStaeQ4Hj9HVhuCpf5Ss4EjoAhH03MDtJ37R21z5j_iIW4sXHso8fJ7oJKQ/s3264/Spider%20Woman%202022%202.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglUAFBFjIL9VwQe_wkbjsZEzSpvygkkQj-Nx8FLUL3F_jkWo6dAb0gJc_ePIum3mUSMKDzTMk6vcnisLi6GP0NQLrKuyiR9nsu0zjKK8zdvuNgQaxT5jGMC47WO9LucTkSStaeQ4Hj9HVhuCpf5Ss4EjoAhH03MDtJ37R21z5j_iIW4sXHso8fJ7oJKQ/w400-h300/Spider%20Woman%202022%202.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Spider Woman</td></tr></tbody></table><br />Lauren Rainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12157367890138761677noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807860015525714027.post-11494896534181292392021-12-01T19:39:00.005-08:002021-12-01T19:39:48.217-08:00Joanna Hearing Music - for Joanna Brouk<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1559" data-original-width="2048" height="488" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinvGRFcGBC7KSf2-7ie5jYLZdq1kmg9JHYElJZaPHP4xEvqmY_UcfhGnm2xaBdgOmEn5L2gl2K2PWFypOIwloEM-04vWB1chNaFPS1PILprGCmFYQtgy9nhwfE2dxIXvzStG-bxS9dwlT-/w640-h488/Joanna+Hearing+Music+%25282021%2529.JPG" width="640" /></div><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">My friend the composer Joanna Brouk always said that she heard music before she wrote it down. This painting is in honor of her.......I miss her very much. She passed away in 2017.</span></p>Lauren Rainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12157367890138761677noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807860015525714027.post-83329959124409430522021-07-31T16:00:00.004-07:002021-07-31T16:01:43.629-07:00 Masks of the Goddess Workshops Offered in 2021<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrLmrtEN-a6X4DqrVFgHXIq0JkSMR9dyDXd5GA3RBRTebu0kNey9miqKA1bMBp_IFqoSKbRKdpV2sWf233f5uaZisFgOAeEaUpoSJBmxIO5r7WwL-kopXQycWOSCw3keAztY9WxaFzBKKV/s2048/wkshop+flyer.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1593" height="952" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrLmrtEN-a6X4DqrVFgHXIq0JkSMR9dyDXd5GA3RBRTebu0kNey9miqKA1bMBp_IFqoSKbRKdpV2sWf233f5uaZisFgOAeEaUpoSJBmxIO5r7WwL-kopXQycWOSCw3keAztY9WxaFzBKKV/w741-h952/wkshop+flyer.jpg" width="741" /></a></div><br /><p></p>Lauren Rainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12157367890138761677noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807860015525714027.post-55655975543638059952021-01-12T19:36:00.003-08:002021-01-12T20:01:50.655-08:00"Our Lady of the Shards" - Mosaic Shrines (2018 - 2019)<p> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4KoEy-7h3930di7BlKrrSMs2XffYP0reOkajyLgNanuqFiDKNC0pOzJgKlMf-PXK42sBnWmOGIbzm6S_qtVb7mCSTGftTQpSH5l5NCPQhhOhLiX5v0vrG1iSsdl0CB0tLTauoqoEbVxip/s2048/1+Lauren+Raine.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4KoEy-7h3930di7BlKrrSMs2XffYP0reOkajyLgNanuqFiDKNC0pOzJgKlMf-PXK42sBnWmOGIbzm6S_qtVb7mCSTGftTQpSH5l5NCPQhhOhLiX5v0vrG1iSsdl0CB0tLTauoqoEbVxip/w480-h640/1+Lauren+Raine.jpg" width="480" /></a></p><p> The Series is collectively called <i>"Our Lady of the Shards"</i> as they are meant to honor that which has been buried, lost or broken, and is now re-surfacing to the contemporary world to tell us the ancient stories that we need now. Working in a pottery studio, I saw many beautiful broken pottery shards lying about, and I began to think of artists sometimes being "mythic archeologists", uncovering and resurrecting the lost and forgotten lives and wisdom of the past, piecing it together to find the shapes and reveal the mysteries. Or it could be said that the Spirits of the past are rising from the broken shards, insistant on being heard and honored, because they are once again truly needed.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuJy0UlyQvHbH2ZKV1HgZHdLTqd_mJ77spznijN9HeH1Js46EeHlzKejXsDlGRFiS371QFJQfql6oeHxRMb5HkUlgIw7KyIP-bVyk1HJ387QydM1kPt6lV-BXyM-mnCpQvR_aKgLJ6lnY1/s2048/shards+poster+2019.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1728" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuJy0UlyQvHbH2ZKV1HgZHdLTqd_mJ77spznijN9HeH1Js46EeHlzKejXsDlGRFiS371QFJQfql6oeHxRMb5HkUlgIw7KyIP-bVyk1HJ387QydM1kPt6lV-BXyM-mnCpQvR_aKgLJ6lnY1/w540-h640/shards+poster+2019.jpg" width="540" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Shrine to the Ancient Midwives</span></i><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><i>"Our Lady of the Forgotten Midwives"</i> remembers the enduring love of Millenia of Ancestral Midwives, the women whose hands brought each generation into the world. </div><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5wu7565zqnQZNxCzvh6I5w5GkTozZzENsGRCn_MRGBROXG62PMmt6uGwPvNPgODnK8eWZyhPk99x60cwMINZHH7g4hMTdf7SEwWTuoe2y7lpWQJXASqmf9TPQjf4ONMKnRS7DwMaYK5Sx/s2048/1+The+Memory+Keeper+II.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1655" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5wu7565zqnQZNxCzvh6I5w5GkTozZzENsGRCn_MRGBROXG62PMmt6uGwPvNPgODnK8eWZyhPk99x60cwMINZHH7g4hMTdf7SEwWTuoe2y7lpWQJXASqmf9TPQjf4ONMKnRS7DwMaYK5Sx/w324-h400/1+The+Memory+Keeper+II.jpg" width="324" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">The Memory Keeper II</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><p><i>"The Memory Keeper"</i> was inspired by a song called "<i>Water from Another Time",</i> which speaks eloquently of the wisdom and gifts of the elderly, and of previous times, needed to nourish each new generation. </p><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2yv6tuJtWZpepMHU1k2Fy-j07nOsNYtFMwiidznQ71raKd0fO8tL2xEIsD0hZXCXxenFKvxSkR7kVhWr-Z8xIliMWqTzVWOiTfTXBCWnoTCuMWZg7kX4peo8HDBtxv1EFedJpGM77kWeI/s2510/3_4_orig.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1253" data-original-width="2510" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2yv6tuJtWZpepMHU1k2Fy-j07nOsNYtFMwiidznQ71raKd0fO8tL2xEIsD0hZXCXxenFKvxSkR7kVhWr-Z8xIliMWqTzVWOiTfTXBCWnoTCuMWZg7kX4peo8HDBtxv1EFedJpGM77kWeI/w640-h320/3_4_orig.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Our Lady of the Desert Spring</span><br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div><i>Our Lady of the Desert Sprin</i>g is a bas relief ceramic mosaic that is a personal Icon loosely inspired by traditional Catholic Iconic imagery. It is meant to be accompanied by a prayer or poem, in both English and Spanish, and is also designed to include a mosaic "frame" or border as part of the presentation. <i>"Our Lady of the Desert Spring"</i> also represents an invocation to the "Numina" or "spirit of place" of the desert. Water is the true life blood of the desert, its most precious resource. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN0Qph8HgipqtXb6E2FIsqZGWulTvTLY5N9M77g7D_NYB5wnxNQWOYNj1BU09JSmca2HVma7M5596PKdfOCdIOSJaidKVz1nrneWXsxH4V_JN0Bv7IBKvGojh5zceWl3SS-Dzz_320LFun/s2048/7+Hecate.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1451" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN0Qph8HgipqtXb6E2FIsqZGWulTvTLY5N9M77g7D_NYB5wnxNQWOYNj1BU09JSmca2HVma7M5596PKdfOCdIOSJaidKVz1nrneWXsxH4V_JN0Bv7IBKvGojh5zceWl3SS-Dzz_320LFun/w284-h400/7+Hecate.jpg" width="284" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Hecate</span><br /><br /><br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0kZU17gs7l77etVlGYWhageeJZ-bZV5qYxwVvC3Eih0BBTVcrAEnr7SVqBH9T5xlp4aYtT8HhbB2Q7CeRYjkmlR4MqnXPucNOtfWdrxifz1hiePk7XfUFnNdImoVaRyoiG_xsOykvXPAH/s2048/black+madonna+13.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1309" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0kZU17gs7l77etVlGYWhageeJZ-bZV5qYxwVvC3Eih0BBTVcrAEnr7SVqBH9T5xlp4aYtT8HhbB2Q7CeRYjkmlR4MqnXPucNOtfWdrxifz1hiePk7XfUFnNdImoVaRyoiG_xsOykvXPAH/w256-h400/black+madonna+13.jpg" width="256" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Black Madonna</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">The Black Madonna reflects my personal sense that this widely archetypal image, a source of many pilgrimages to sacred places throughout Europe for thousands of years, represents the Earth Mother, the dark rich soil that sustains us</div></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1227" data-original-width="2048" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNqiipJsySKH5UsFzNTU5xSCXPdVVNsjL9vWaji-qjFI2YUXhKdDaLPlLK-30ZOSJvS_43Ui8AmIV1bmEFufGlPVUOcPSkgTwOsofgo1CSQIKFhAmhuc0S7gIsAPO2YaqfQ5sXkqXhWb6w/w640-h384/pld+masks+3.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Old Masks</span><br /><br /><br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbUe-vrKyjKrktRoR5uCXgLKOHdbSffu0a5Z-lNteKsiWFAoB2m8w7fXkwXBeI9IZvnBO0iYKATkou_XqB356yNNehn83zconG9YWVSypipsx3mj-v1LwXIw4ejJ14EtNOslSPpdLDLRLc/s2048/The+Memory+Keeper+%25281%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1362" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbUe-vrKyjKrktRoR5uCXgLKOHdbSffu0a5Z-lNteKsiWFAoB2m8w7fXkwXBeI9IZvnBO0iYKATkou_XqB356yNNehn83zconG9YWVSypipsx3mj-v1LwXIw4ejJ14EtNOslSPpdLDLRLc/w426-h640/The+Memory+Keeper+%25281%2529.JPG" width="426" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Memory Keeper I</span><br /><br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">In May I will be concluding the<a href="http://www.masksofthegoddess.com/"> <b>20 year MASKS OF THE GODDESS PROJECT</b></a>, which began as an<i> Invocation to the Goddess at Reclaiming's 20th Annual Spiral Dance</i> in San Francisco in 1999. I have been so privileged to collaborate with Priestesses, Playwrights, Dancers, Ritualists, Community Organizers, Photographers, Artists, Photographers, Choreographers, Writers, Singers, and Psychologists in sharing the stories and "Faces of the Goddess". So many from around the country participated in the Project - please know that your spirit and contribution will be there, in every mask and photograph. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The <b>Opening will be May 5th</b>, and I'll give a small slide presentation, and afterwards I'm delighted that there will several performances, including <i>Evelie Delfino Sales Posch to sing her beautiful songs, and mask wearers Drissana and Vibra</i> to invoke the Goddesses. Perhaps we'll see you there!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I have also just revised and added a great deal of new material to my book </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><a href="http://www.blurb.com/books/9353862-the-masks-of-the-goddess"><b><u>"The Masks of the Goddess"</u></b>,</a> which is available at<b> Blurb.com.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> <b>You can turn pages in a<a href="http://www.blurb.com/b/9380795-the-masks-of-the-goddess"> "Preview"</a> at this link:</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Thank you once again for sharing your creativity and love of the Goddess with so many, and especially, with me. </span><i style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b>May the Masks continue their work. </b></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">10:00 am to 4:00 pm Every SECOND SATURDAY of each month beginning in November 2017. Class is limited to 5 people.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">To enroll, please contact laurenraine9@gmail.com, or call (520) 609-4904. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">A $25.00 non-refundable deposit is required to hold your place. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Location: <b><a href="http://circlestudio.weebly.com/workshops--classes.html">CIRCLE STUDIO</a> in Central Tucson</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Instructor: <b>Lauren Raine MFA</b> has been a mask artist for over 30 years and has taught at the Sedona Arts Center, Pima College, the Peters Valley Craft Center, Kripalu, and the Tucson Clay Co-op. To learn more about her work: <a href="http://www.laurenraine.com/"> www.laurenraine.com</a></span><br />
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<br />Lauren Rainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12157367890138761677noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807860015525714027.post-62079078407552320342017-03-26T10:14:00.001-07:002017-03-26T10:16:26.696-07:00Quan Yin<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyGT6wa52FRE0ljqt9dKNg-dV1wXhyphenhyphenUXwoDN7Lq7hJ2Sm_LuJkBvBrPQvOlmZDG5AEFzXR_Aj_rII59263HWnDp8NqdEyz3jUNouEkbw8zEdxq8gUoJuwSK_rjHJB5FieVVlGZguOk59Fc/s1600/IMG_1768.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="background-color: white; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyGT6wa52FRE0ljqt9dKNg-dV1wXhyphenhyphenUXwoDN7Lq7hJ2Sm_LuJkBvBrPQvOlmZDG5AEFzXR_Aj_rII59263HWnDp8NqdEyz3jUNouEkbw8zEdxq8gUoJuwSK_rjHJB5FieVVlGZguOk59Fc/s640/IMG_1768.JPG" width="604" /></a><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I've made a number of sculptures dedicated to <b><a href="http://www.buddhanet.net/e-learning/history/kuanyin-txt.htm" style="color: #993222; text-decoration: none;">Quan Yin</a> *** </b>and this is the most ambitious one in progress. Quan Yin, the manifestation of Divine Compassion throughout Chinese Buddhism, represents the Bodhissatva - the Great Being who "<i><b>hears the cries of the world</b></i>" and returns, again and again, to aid the suffering of the world. She is often shown, like Tara of Tibet, with many arms, and has been called "thousand armed Quan Yin"....the arms being the many ways she can help and assist those in need. </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I don't know why I have felt the need to create so many Quan Yin images, exactly. I have felt so much this past year the hardening of hearts, division, anger, and mean spiritedness in my country, and have become quite political with the rise the far right agenda and the election of Trump. As above, so below - in the process I have seen a lot of anger and division coming out of me as well, not all of it manifesting in a good or wise way. So making masks, making art about Quan Yin (<i>and I am also making a painting about the Archangel Micheal</i>), whether I realize it or not consciously, is an act of invocation. For the world, but most especially for myself. </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I wanted to make a Quan Yin that, instead of the idealized and beautiful, but iconic, representations, looks like a real woman in the real world of today - Bodhisattva walking among us, working among us, hearing and responding to the pain of the world, bringing healing and love. And not a beautiful young woman either, idealized, but a woman in her middle years, reflecting the experience that comes with embodiment. </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The Sanskrit name "Avalokiteshvara" means "the lord who looks upon the world with compassion". Translated into Chinese, the name is <b>"Kuan Shih Yin"or Quan Yin</b>.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Yin: all the sounds of the world, in particular, the crying sounds of beings, verbal or mental, seeking help</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva</b> is the embodiment of great compassion. He has vowed to free all sentient beings from suffering. Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva is has great powers and can help all sentient beings. His skilful means are limitless and he can appear in any form in all the six realms of existence to relieve the suffering of the sentient beings who live there. He vowed to rescue those who call on him when they are in suffering, for example, when caught in a fire, shipwrecked or facing an attack.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">In the Lotus Sutra, Shakyamuni Buddha said that if a suffering being hears the name of Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva and earnestly calls out to the Bodhisattva, Avalokiteshvara will hear the call and relieve that being from his suffering.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">According to the Huayen Sutra, Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva transforms himself into forms that suit the nature of those to be helped. His manifestations or transformation bodies are countless. e.g. if a boy or girl is about to gain some enlightenment, Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva transforms himself into a boy or a girl to teach the child.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">e.g. If a monk is about to attain some enlightenment, Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva transforms himself into a monk.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">In short, he can appear as a monk, a nun, or a normal person like you and me. The purpose of such transformations is to make people feel close to him and willing to listen to his words.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">In China, Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva is represented in female form and is known as Kuan Yin. Probably because of Kuan Yin's great compassion, a quality which is traditionally considered feminine, most of the Bodhisattva statues in China since the Tang Dynasty (A.D. 618 - 907) have appeared as female figures. In India, however, the Bodhisattva is generally represented as a male figure.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">In her hands, Kuan Yin may hold a willow branch, a vase with water or occasionally, a lotus flower. The willow branch is used to heal people's illnesses or bring fulfillment to their requests. The water ( the dew of compassion) has the quality of removing suffering, purifying the defilement of our body, speech and mind, and lengthening life.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">In Buddhist art, Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva is sometimes shown with eleven heads, 1000 hands and eyes on the palms of each hand (Thousand-Armed Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva). The thousand eyes allow the Bodhisattva to see the sufferings of sentient beings, and the thousand hands allow her to reach out to help them.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Sometimes, he is represented with one head and 4 arms. This is the Four-Armed Avalokiteshvara, worshipped by all Tibetans as "Chenrezig", the Holder of the White Lotus. It is in the male form which has two hands in the praying gesture while the other two hands hold his symbols, the Crystal Rosary and the Lotus Flower.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">There is a sacred place for the worship of Kuan Yin in China - the Putuo Mountain. It is actually an island located near the city of Ningpo, in Zhejiang Province. There are many stories of Kuan Yin's miraculous appearances at Putuo Mountain.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Actually, anyone can be like Kuan Yin. You may say that you don't have a thousand eyes or a thousand arms or that you lack skillful means, but it is your compassion that can transform you into a Kuan Yin. With your eyes and hands, you can help others. With your compassion, you can bring peace and tranquility to this world.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><u>November 11 - 13, 2016</u> </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> and </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Introduction and check in begins Friday evening, and Workshop ends at Noon with a potluck lunch on Sunday. In this workshop we'll draw on our mythic imaginations as we explore ways to invoke the Goddess within through the creation of durable theatrical masks. We will also discuss ways to use these masks for storytelling, ritual, community performance and personal exploration. You take home the means to continue the work, alone or with your community. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> To learn more, please visit: <b><a href="http://www.masksofthegoddess.com/">the Masks of the Goddess Project</a>.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><u> Note:</u> There is a <b>$20 fee</b> for supplies. Bring a story about a Goddess archetype you wish to explore. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">To read more about making masks:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> <a href="http://laurenraine.blogspot.com/2011/04/working-with-masks.html">http://laurenraine.blogspot.com/2011/04/working-with-masks.html </a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Introduction and check in begins Friday evening, and Workshop ends at Noon with a potluck lunch on Sunday. Although masks can be experienced as art objects, by their very nature they are active rather than passive. They are "vessels for our stories". </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">We'll draw on our “mythic imaginations” as we explore the creation of durable theatrical masks. Is there a Persona that awaits a face, a story, a voice? Creating a mask is a way to open the conversation. </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> We'll learn:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">· To sculpt masks from our faces, creating durable theatrical masks.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">· Explore personally significant stories of mythic Archetypes.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">· Discuss approaches to working with masks for performance, community, and </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Note: There is a <b>$20 fee</b> for supplies. Bring a story, and art materials that you might wish to include in a mask. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> To read more about making masks: </span><a href="http://laurenraine.blogspot.com/2011/04/working-with-masks.html" style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> http://laurenraine.blogspot.com/2011/04/working-with-masks.html</a><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> <i>"Myth comes alive as it enters the cauldron of evolution,</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i> drawing energy </i></span><i style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> from the storytellers who shape it." </i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Elizabeth Fuller, <u>The Independent Eye Theatre </u></span></div>
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<br /></div></div>Lauren Rainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12157367890138761677noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807860015525714027.post-82840310709357920392015-08-28T09:31:00.000-07:002015-08-28T09:32:47.015-07:00Masks for the Parliament of World Religions: White Buffalo Calf Woman<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">WHITE BUFFALO CALF WOMAN</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">As a beautiful young maiden I appeared bearing a sacred pipe,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">And inside the village’s big medicine tipi,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">together we conducted ceremony.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I showed the people</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">How to lift the pipe up to the sky,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">toward Grandfather,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">And down to the earth,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">toward Grandmother.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">And to the four directions of the universe.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I told them the smoke rising from the bowl</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Was the living breath</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">of the great Grandfather Mystery. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“With this pipe,” I said,“Walk a living prayer.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">With your feet resting upon the earth</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">And the pipestem reaching into the sky,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Your body forms a living bridge between</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The Sacred Beneath and the Sacred Above.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Now we are one:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Earth, sky, man, woman,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">And all living things.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We are all relations,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The pipe holds them all together.” </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Next I instructed</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">In the seven sacred ceremonies of the pipe: </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The first was the sweat lodge purification ceremony.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The next was for naming the children.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The third was for healing,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The fourth was the adoption ceremony.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The fifth the marriage ceremony.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The sixth was the vision quest.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">And the seventh was the sundance ceremony.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">As I walked away, I became a Buffalo, and I rolled over four times:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">First I turned into a black buffalo;</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Second into a brown buffalo;</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The third into a red buffalo;</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">And the fourth time I became a white buffalo calf.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> As soon as I departed that day</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Great buffalo herds appeared from beyond the horizon</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">And some of their number allowed themselves to be killed</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">So the people might live.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I have not forgotten you.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">That white buffalo calf born not so long ago,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Is but one glimmer from the beyond</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Of My imminent return.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">To grant your people</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">who are My people</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">another bridge</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">To knit the world above</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">And the earth below</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Together again.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">by Mary Kay Landon</span>Lauren Rainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12157367890138761677noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807860015525714027.post-21957309943918191642015-02-13T21:08:00.001-08:002015-02-13T21:08:16.929-08:00Selu/Corn Mother Mask<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Lauren Rainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12157367890138761677noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807860015525714027.post-15645864877457813452014-08-10T21:44:00.003-07:002014-08-11T06:29:38.352-07:00Prayers for the Dying<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>"Form Is Empty"</b> (2009)</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b><i> <span style="color: #073763;"> Do not stand at my grave and weep,<br /> I am not there; I do not sleep.<br /> I am a thousand winds that blow,<br /> I am the diamond glints on snow,<br /> I am the sun on ripened grain,<br /> I am the gentle autumn rain.<br /> When you awaken in the morning’s hush<br /> I am the swift uplifting rush<br /> Of quiet birds in circling flight.<br /> I am the soft star-shine at night.<br /> Do not stand at my grave and cry,</span></i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b><i><span style="color: #073763;"> I am not there; I did not die. </span></i></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">In
2008 my brother suffered a brain stem stroke. Because he did not have a
living will, since then he has been on complete life support. In 2009
he was pronounced brain dead. My other brother has finally agreed to allow me to
withdraw life support for Glenn, which we will do on the 15th of this
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> <b><span style="color: #073763;">"We have been raised to think that our body ended here, with this bag of skin, or with our possessions or education or house. Now we begin to realize that our body is the World." ...... Joanna Macy</span></b></span></i></span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><b>"Form Is Empty</b></i>" is one of the sculptures I
made for Glenn, honoring his long interest in Buddhism. All of
them have tiles with words and phrases pressed into the clay, symbols
and antique designs, all of them, like pottery shards, broken,
disordered, "de-constructing". In this realm of being, words and
symbols are what we construct our ideas of life from, the "shells" we
create our identities from. In <i><b>"Form is Empty"</b> </i>I saw the hand of the dying reaching through the shattering of form toward the offering hand of the Divine, the greater Self. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> In the 2nd piece, <b><i>"The Heart Sutra"</i></b>, I used the hand of a 90 year old woman and a 9 year old child. The Heart is what lies between.</span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #073763;"><b><span style="font-size: 100%;">"Then
in the Arctic half-light of the canyon, all existence fades to a being
with my soul and memories and the sounds of the Big Blackfoot River.
Eventually, all things merge into one, and a river runs through it. The
river was cut by the world's great flood and runs over rocks from the
basement of time. On some of those rocks are timeless raindrops. Under
the rocks are the words, and some of the words are theirs. "</span></b></span></span></i></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The last piece, <i><b>"Holy Mother Take Me Home"</b></i>, is a prayer to the Goddess, the <b>Source. </b>I
used a child's hand again, and the broken shards, with all the words,
float down the river of light. We're all children, really, all
children. She reaches out Her hand to take us Home. It doesn't matter
what you've done, where you've been, what kind of life you think you've
led or not led. <b>She waits. </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b><i>It's been a long journey Glenn. Be at peace.</i></b></span><i><b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></b></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">My exploration of mosaic work continues.............I like that they're kind of irregular, vaguely Byzentine looking and hopefully, suggesting a little bit a long-ago time.</span><br />
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<br />Lauren Rainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12157367890138761677noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807860015525714027.post-65960353872200951422014-05-02T10:37:00.001-07:002014-05-02T10:42:26.857-07:00New Mosaic - "Our Lady of the Waters"<h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name">
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<i><span style="font-size: small;"> I've been experimenting with clay and my collection of Afghani
fabric presses. There is something so wonderful about putting these
antique presses, all cut by hand, to use again - they have so much
spirit or mana in them. This piece is dedicated to WATER, which is so
important here in the desert. Without the blessings of the Lady of the
Waters, there is no life.</span> </i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Nuestra Senora de las Aguas,</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">For <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>those who suffer thirst,</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Spread your mantle of green and
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Among the red, parched lands</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Bright artery of life</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="st"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Nuestra Señora
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="st"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Mother of the
cottonwoods, the Palos verdes,</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="st"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Snake and
mallow, coyote and child</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="st"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Hear our prayers</span></span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><b>Tile made from antique Afghani fabric press (2014)</b></i></td></tr>
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<b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">The Song of the Dry River </span></i></b></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Dry.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All you hear</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>is the litany of traffic, </span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">a dusty haze obscuring
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Nothing sounds now </span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">where once water <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>sang</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">voices of the living</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">where once a river ran</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">a river, once, here</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">before cattle came,</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the cars</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">living as if the waters</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">to green the red and barren
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">as if the breast would never run
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">As if <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>there none yet unborn</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Who must know <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>thirst. </span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Are there only stones</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Left to remember me?</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">I sing to their <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>ghosts now,</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">I sing </span></i></div>
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Lauren Rainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12157367890138761677noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807860015525714027.post-86005404168361542432013-12-24T09:29:00.000-08:002013-12-24T09:29:03.618-08:00Songs of Ancient Midwives and other Arisings<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">This piece is brand new (as of Christmas Eve, 2013). I don't yet know what to title it: "Our Lady of _____________?" I think I'm going to contact a few friends and request a title, and see if Her archetypal name is floating around out there somewhere.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">But there is a surprising sense of Arising in these Icons that I've felt compelled to finish these past few weeks. The Arising of the life-giving, creation-giving Goddess, arising from the past, arising from the mythic body of the Earth, arising from the shadows in this time of need. And now that I think about it, this day is about the birth of the new Sun God, the Christ Child..............</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">So why, when I searched the internet, was it so hard to find any poems about Birth, let alone Midwives? Believe me, there are plenty of poems about Battle and the glories, or not so glorious, realities of War. I think this is another indicator of our world's patriarchal priorities <i>(death is way more important, and interesting, than the bringing forth of life</i>. <i>And even that becomes trivialized or co-opted.</i>) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Anyway, these works surfaced from the depths of my own creativity, and some dreaming part of me, some collective part of me, had to bring them forth...............</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b><i> "Sings with the Voices of Ancient Midwives the Songs They Once Sang, Singing the New Life Into The World.........."</i></b></span><br />
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<br />Lauren Rainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12157367890138761677noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807860015525714027.post-72741392173100844922013-09-23T08:00:00.000-07:002013-09-23T08:06:28.355-07:00BIO<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: small;">In the 90’s I was fortunate to study “<st1:place><st1:placetype>Temple</st1:placetype> <st1:placename>Mask</st1:placename></st1:place>” traditions in <st1:place>Bali</st1:place>, and produced a series of collaborative masks with Balinese mask artists (including </span><span style="font-size: small; font-style: italic;">Ida Bagus Anom</span><span style="font-size: small;">) which were exhibited and performed at <i>Buka Creati Gallery </i>in Ubud, <st1:place>Bali</st1:place>.</span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVg_JRC6nsjQGyDPqipSfG-YssPEKv9_-HRDbFK4FlyTAIems7iNRjQnO0CCxvBhZRY3v1Cln4CCeYDhQM-8WwiYPMSZTrwzJVuUSLp0ZMVx2GbQLjVkU3JRUZGhojF5KzP9sXXjWdlFji/s1600/casts-for-masks.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="145" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVg_JRC6nsjQGyDPqipSfG-YssPEKv9_-HRDbFK4FlyTAIems7iNRjQnO0CCxvBhZRY3v1Cln4CCeYDhQM-8WwiYPMSZTrwzJVuUSLp0ZMVx2GbQLjVkU3JRUZGhojF5KzP9sXXjWdlFji/s200/casts-for-masks.jpg" width="200" /></a><span style="font-size: small;">In 1999, inspired by world-wide traditions of Sacred Masks, </span><span style="font-size: small;"> I made 25 multi-cultural masks for the Invocation of the Goddess at the 20th Annual <i> Spiral Dance</i> at <st1:placetype>Ft.</st1:placetype> Mason Center in San Francisco. The <b><a href="http://laurenraine.blogspot.com/2009/05/spider-womans-hands.html">MASKS OF THE GODDESS COLLECTION </a></b>travelled throughout the U.S. for almost 10 years, used by myself and numerous other producers, ritualists, and choreographers. I was privileged to direct several community productions of my own (</span><span style="font-size: small; font-style: italic;">"</span><span style="font-size: small;"><i>Restoring the Balance</i></span><span style="font-size: small; font-style: italic;">" </span><span style="font-size: small;">2004, Tucson, Arizona and</span><span style="font-size: small; font-style: italic;"> "1000 Faces of the Divine" </span><span style="font-size: small;">2002, in Oakland, California). I continue to offer workshops that explore archetypal masks and personal mythology, and currently am working on a new collection of masks I call <b><a href="http://laurenraine.blogspot.com/2013/04/the-awakening-numina-masks-for.html">NUMINA - MASKS FOR THE ELEMENTAL POWERS</a>. </b></span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5qoy3ZoNiEHNlrhAuaQXpnkthULwBqjb4pKRP32h2-6Vkho4GDq8tNfBhyphenhyphenFTTcgttahR5t-eGDiFslq8BbxYBkMoQYjXwt2uFJfIhS9fRYHKXtmNHq5nJc_aVdVymNaSnEXXNQW2pvAon/s1600/Amaterasu+Omikami+Mask+Performance.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5qoy3ZoNiEHNlrhAuaQXpnkthULwBqjb4pKRP32h2-6Vkho4GDq8tNfBhyphenhyphenFTTcgttahR5t-eGDiFslq8BbxYBkMoQYjXwt2uFJfIhS9fRYHKXtmNHq5nJc_aVdVymNaSnEXXNQW2pvAon/s200/Amaterasu+Omikami+Mask+Performance.jpg" width="189" /></a><span style="font-size: small;"> I enjoy assisting women to explore universal and personal mythology through the art of the mask, and have taught workshops the Kripalu Institute, the University of Syracuse, Southern Arizona Friends of Jung, Brushwood Folklore Center and many others. Other performances and workshops include: "Goddess"by Serene Zloof at the <u>Chapel of Sacred Mirrors,</u> <st1:place><st1:city>New York</st1:city>, <st1:state>N.Y.</st1:state></st1:place> (2004), <st1:place><st1:state></st1:state></st1:place><b><i>"</i></b><i>A Rainbow"<b> </b></i>(by Macha Nightmare) at the <u>New College of California (2000, 2001)</u>, </span> <span style="font-size: small; font-style: italic;">"The Divine Feminine"</span><span style="font-size: small;">, (Evelie Posche) at the University of Creation Spirituality in Oakland (2001), "</span><span style="font-size: small; font-style: italic;">Masks of Transformation</span><span style="font-size: small;">" Conference, University of Southern Illinois (2005), and the "</span><span style="font-size: small; font-style: italic;">Matrilineage Symposium"</span><span style="font-size: small;">, Syracuse University, 2000.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">In 2007 I received a fellowship from the <b><i>Alden Dow Creativity Center</i></b> at <st1:place><st1:placename>Northwood</st1:placename> <st1:placetype>University</st1:placetype></st1:place> and a </span><b><span style="font-size: small; font-style: italic;">Puffin Grant</span></b><span style="font-size: small;"> to explore the Native American mythology of the “Spider Woman” as a Community Arts Project at the <i>Midland Arts Center</i>. The project was continued in 2008 at the <b><i>Creative Spirit Center</i>,</b> also in Michigan. In 2009 I was a resident artist at <i><b>Wesley Theological Seminary</b></i> in <st1:place><st1:city>Washington</st1:city>, <st1:state>D.C., where I continued to explore the theme, as a community effort, of a "<i>Webbed Vision"</i>. In 2010 I was resident artist at Gallery 408 in Carrizozo, N.M., where I taught a class on creating personal Icons.</st1:state></st1:place></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Recent exhibitions include <i>"Our Lady of Perpetual Exhaustion</i>" at the Henry Luce Center for the Arts in Washington, D.C. (2013) , "</span><span style="font-size: small; font-style: italic;">Earth Shrines"</span><span style="font-size: small;"> at <u>Parisi Gallery</u> in T or C, New Mexico, <i>"Weavers</i>" at Wesley (2009), "</span><span style="font-size: small; font-style: italic;">Spider Woman's Hands"</span><span style="font-size: small;"> at the <u>Midland Center for the Arts </u>(2007), a 2-person show of paintings at <u>Turn of the Century Gallery</u><i> </i>in <st1:place><st1:city>Berkeley</st1:city>, <st1:state>California</st1:state></st1:place> (2005), <i>"Sacred Icons"</i> at the <u>Artisans Center of Virginia </u>(2005), <i>"Sacred Space/Sacred Mask</i>" (with Catherine Nash, 2004) at <u>The Muse Community Arts Center </u>in <st1:place><st1:city>Tucson.</st1:city></st1:place></span><br />
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Mother awaken to us! We see her on the horizon, rising with the
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I've received photos from <b><a href="http://threadsofspiderwoman.blogspot.com/2013/03/the-awakening-numina-masks-in-willits.html">The Awakening - Our Changing Earth</a></b>
the performance created and produced by Ann Waters, in Collaboration
with Mana Youngbear, the Muse in Willits, and her Community of
performers and writers - wonderful! There are so many beautiful photos,
and excerpts from the script I'd like to share. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">My deepest gratitude to <b>Annie, Mana, and all of the wonderful people in the Cast </b>-
for creating hope, beauty, bringing the masks to life, and giving voice
to the Numina. May this important story continue to unfold.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Mana Youngbear as "The Medicine Basket"</span><br />
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<b><i><span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-size: small;">"You’ve gathered through the springtime, the summer and the fall. <br />Your offerings are yours alone, and precious to us all.<br /> Now rest and build your strength up. Cycle with the moon.<br />Offer your song of life<br /> A very sacred tune. <br />Dream of where you’re going<br /> Dream of where you’ve been <br /> Dreams make the Gathering. <br /> Beginnings never end."</span></span></i></b><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">"Rainbow Star Goddess"</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>"</b>I bear a message of hope. <b>You a</b>re the Rainbow Bridge<b> </b>prophesized so long ago.<span style="color: black;">"</span></span></span></div>
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All photographs are copyright <a href="http://creation-designs.com/">Jerri Jo Idarius</a>, and used with her permission.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Corizone Elliott as "The Pythoness - Oracle"</td></tr>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Pilgrim and Kings, alike, answers sought, spoke of their hopes and dreams,</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span>journeyed to holy Delphi, a crevice, deep in the earth, </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span>journeyed to the
Oracle, the Sibyl, the Pythoness</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span>In trance, she spoke<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span>offered visions, offered hope: </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Lucida Grande","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "ヒラギノ角ゴ Pro W3"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Behold I draw a spiral for You - </span></b></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Step In I implore You</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">You are vessels of </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Finely Woven well pitched baskets</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Ancient Urns, Carved boxes</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and Medicine Bundles</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Fashioned From Your Perfect Heart</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">They are Still Safe Inside HER Holy Womb</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Ancient Prayers Stir the Air,</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Stirring Breath and Bone<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Inspiration, Invocation, </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Your hope is yours alone.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">To touch what was a memory brings no fruit, </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Your silent
longing is the proof</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">As the Years move to months, </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Months move to days</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Numina witness you this Night,</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Numina witness you this
Night,</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Floating plastic, Trash, decay, </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Fill our planet and oceans
today</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Young and Old cry out to be free,</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Grieving loss from each
killing spree</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Earth Mother Gaia raped </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">of soil and honor brings famine</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Extinction threatens sockeye salmon</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Elders sit alone in Hunger waiting; </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Chorus:</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b><i>Man’s compassion dissipating.</i></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Time to listen, Take note, Stand strong</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Mark My Words - It
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">When no water will be safe to drink, </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">And Men will lose their
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Because their judgment is impaired </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">with residue of regret
and mind despaired.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Desolation’s Darkened Dance</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Stomps out the last of free
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">False pride clothed in glamour’s fashion -</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">a deceptive
weaving of wasteful action</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Chorus:</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> <b> </b></span><b><i>Grinding you down ...Back Down to dust.</i></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">A woman weeps - A baby cries, a seed refuses to grow</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Where now there is open sea there once was gentle snow. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Fruitless trees that do not bear, drought pursues you
everywhere.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">But Listen within - Your Soul Still Knows.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Ageless Grace resounds around.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Chorus </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">: </b></span><b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>A
Prophecy is about to unfold</i></span></b></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Thallia Bird as "The Weaver"</td></tr>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>THE WEAVER</b>:</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Listen. Things
are unraveling.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span> </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Let me tell you about
the fabric of your life. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Your soul is the tightened yarn of the weft; your
spirit is the weave. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Your spirit is woven into the mat on which you kneel, </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">into
the cloak that wraps around the shoulders of your everyday lives.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div>
<span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Allow the distressed threads of your life
to unravel. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I have an old yarn. I have a
new yarn.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><b>Chorus:</b> <b>Take this yarn from me.</b></i></span></span></div>
<span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Form
a weft that makes you strong</span></span>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Take this yarn from me</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Weave the threads so life
goes on</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> Take this yarn from me.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Stories are woven into the
land. Stories wrap themselves</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">around old bones and compost, vine and curl and
leaf in the night,</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">stories written in the rocks about Deer and Raven,</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">sung by a
Tree Nesting Warbler, stories found</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">in the cold hearts of sleeping mountains.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Walk out into the orchard.
Sit beneath a fruiting tree. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Notice the shapes of things. The shape of the sky,</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">the shapes of the shadows, the shape of your own shadow.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">There
are cracks in the land like a spider web,</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">full of light, full of fire. Once,</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">you could
see the Web as plain as day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Song lines,
leylines, threads, the pattern.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Each
shining, woven thread. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">It’
s time to weave a new story now. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">See yourself as Spiderwoman, </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">sitting
in the center of your<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>web. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">All
of its snaking rivers and twining roots are inside of you!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">All those threads come right
out of your hands and out of your hearts</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">All those threads just go on
forever </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Chorus: </span> </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>Into the Earth, and into each other: </i></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>into
all your stories, into everyone you'll ever know,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span> </i></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>Into all those who came before you, </i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><span style="color: #351c75;">and all
those who will come after you</span>.</i></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Drought"</td></tr>
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Thank you once again for bringing these masks to life, for truly making them <b>"Masks for the Elemental Powers"!</b></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Storm" by Diane Smalley.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Desert Spring (Our Lady of the Arroyo)"</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Ocean"</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Ice (Glacier"</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Flood"</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Butterfly (Imaginal)" by Diane Smalley.</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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and the wonderful dancers of the community of Willits, California, will
be performing "The Awakening". They will give voice to </span><i style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Our Changing Earth</i><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"> with a mythic journey. </span></div><div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit4WGypzASSIgBQ-wSqt_PQT7kOvOrUcHnErHLMx-1wGZONiZ_jjRxdAkobjjUiVsQuw1QuEaTN9MPl-IIw6MbloTFg_ILhuJi1M_B_Sb_CxbH0F4JbtcDLb9qswlTYM7eHeaf7mza0HHc/s1600/3305.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit4WGypzASSIgBQ-wSqt_PQT7kOvOrUcHnErHLMx-1wGZONiZ_jjRxdAkobjjUiVsQuw1QuEaTN9MPl-IIw6MbloTFg_ILhuJi1M_B_Sb_CxbH0F4JbtcDLb9qswlTYM7eHeaf7mza0HHc/s400/3305.JPG" width="266" /></a><b>"The Awakening" </b>i<span itemprop="description"><span class="fsl">s a dance theater event
in our newly revived Little Lake Grange Hall. We will experience the
story of our times and our changing Earth using the 'Masks of the
Numina', dance, poetry and music.<br /> <br /> Do you think our current
cultural direction needs revision? Are you concerned about the extreme
weather we have experienced in the last decade - Hurricanes Katrina and
Sandy, the Tsunamis, drought in the Midwest, GMO Labeling, Species
Extinction, Plastic in the Oceans?</span></span><span itemprop="description"><span class="fsl"> Would you like to go beyond your
fears and <span class="text_exposed_show">find a place of peace and simple connectivity to nature? </span></span></span><br />
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<span itemprop="description"><span class="fsl"><span class="text_exposed_show">Local playwright Annie Waters has written this timely script
with flowing renditions of poetry by Mana Youngbear, Lauren Raine,
Marilyn Motherbear, Ilana Stein, the Grange Founders, and others. </span></span></span><br />
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<span itemprop="description"><span class="fsl"><span class="text_exposed_show">Many local dancers and speakers will bring their talents to the stage for this contemporary drama.</span></span></span><span itemprop="description"><span class="fsl"><span class="text_exposed_show">
The early Romans believed nature was inhabited and maintained by
elemental forces they called the Numina. The mysterious forests, the
generous orchards, the fields of grain, the healing springs each had an
intelligent spirit, a Numen. Every Roman farm had a shrine dedicated to
the spirit of place that lived there. Being in good relationship with
the Numina, receiving their blessings and their wisdom was necessary for
the health, prosperity, and spiritual well being of all who lived o</span></span></span><span itemprop="description"><span class="fsl"><span class="text_exposed_show">n
the land.<br /> </span></span></span><br />
<span itemprop="description"><span class="fsl"><span class="text_exposed_show"> As Rome grew storytellers began to give the Numina
names, and the weavers of myth gave them faces, and temples were built
for them. But their ancient origins were never forgotten, their primal
grace always sought. Indeed - the “Spirit of Place” calls to us today.
We experience it in our wisdom and concerns over the salmon, health of
the ocean, hurricanes, summer heat and wild fires being experienced each
year. This unusual performance of Mask Art, Poetry and Dance
presents the dilemma of our time in Classical Greco-Roman theater style.
We will enjoy the enigmatic Masks of Ancient Numina (Spirit of Place)
created by master m</span></span></span><span itemprop="description"><span class="fsl"><span class="text_exposed_show">ask artist Lauren Raine - as we face our fears, and
find a key to re-visioning our collective future.<br /> </span></span></span><br />
<span itemprop="description"><span class="fsl"><span class="text_exposed_show"> Newly
installed theatrical lighting for the main stage at the Grange is being
used for the very first time; we thank all of those who contributed to
this great revival of our completely renovated Community Grange Hall. </span></span></span><br />
<span itemprop="description"><span class="fsl"><span class="text_exposed_show"> <br /> Please join us for an evening of deepening and artistic vision. <br /> <br /> Playing one weekend only-<b> March 15 and 16th, 7pm</b></span></span></span><span itemprop="description"><span class="fsl"><span class="text_exposed_show"><br /> Little Lake Grange - 291 School St - Willits, CA 95490<br /> </span></span></span><span itemprop="description"><span class="fsl"><span class="text_exposed_show"> Tickets $10 - available at Good's Stamp Shop</span></span></span><br />
<span itemprop="description"><span class="fsl"><span class="text_exposed_show"> and Grange Grains (Farmers Market)</span></span></span><br />
<span itemprop="description"><span class="fsl"><span class="text_exposed_show"> General Seating. <b>Call the Muse (707) 354-2475 </b>for more information </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I feel very honored<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></span> that I'll be interviewed by <a href="http://www.janierezner.com/">Janie Rezner</a><a href="http://www.janierezner.com/"> </a>for her <a href="http://www.kzyx.org/">"Women's Vo</a><a href="http://www.kzyx.org/">ices"</a> radio program on <b>Monday, March 11 at 7 pm Pacific Time</b> (8:00 my time). I'll be talking about masks, the new <i>Numina collection</i>, and the evolution of<i> Ann Waters and Mana Youngbear's </i>community performance <a href="http://threadsofspiderwoman.blogspot.com/2013/03/the-awakening-numina-masks-in-willits.html">"The Awakening". </a></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Y</span>ou can listen in at 90.7 Philo, 91.5 Willits and Ukiah,
and 88.1 Fort Bragg. The interview can also be heard live at <a href="http://www.kzyx.org/" target="_blank">www.kzyx.org</a> 7 pm Pacific Time. As with all of Janie's programs, the show will also be archived at <a href="http://www.radio4all.net/" target="_blank">www.radio4all.net</a> under Janie Rezner, MA Programmer KZYX.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I find that I am often reticent to "promote" myself, so <span style="font-size: small;">I often don't announce <span style="font-size: small;">things
I'm doing on behalf of my work, such as interviews, articles published,
etc. I'm very proud of these masks, and absolutely delighted that they
are <span style="font-size: small;">being <span style="font-size: small;">animated and filled <span style="font-size: small;">with story by these talented and dedicated people. So i<span style="font-size: small;">n thin<span style="font-size: small;">king about th<span style="font-size: small;">is upcoming interview, </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I looked up another interview I did a few years back with Joel Le Blanc from New Zealand, Editor of
<a href="http://wildberriesjournal.blogspot.com/">Wildberries Journal </a>. Reading the interview again, I felt like sharing here (<i>I've edited it a bit for brevity).</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Now to not be too nervous on Monday!</span><br />
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<b>Interview May 3, 2011, with Joel Le Blanc, </b><a href="http://wildberriesjournal.blogspot.com/">WILD BERRIES JOURNAL OF MYTHIC ARTS: </a><br />
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Joel: <i>How has your art evolved over the span of your career? </i><br />
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You
know, I don't know how to answer that. Our art is about our lives, and
if we're fortunate enough to do great art, then we've touched something
universal, and our art is also, somehow, about many lives as well. Art
process is the residue of life, its record, exploration, archives,
memory, and sometimes, its future memory as well. So, looking at my
work, I see two things: I see something that has always been there,
something intrinsic to who I am., and 2., I see my maturation as a
human being, the art reflecting that growth.<br />
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How has
mythology and folklore influenced my art?
At this point, it seems to be pretty much everything! Whether working
with masks for individual customers, or pursuing "The Masks of the
Goddess" project, or my current interest in the native American
mythology of the Spider Woman, <b><i>mythic mind </i></b>seems to be my
chief source of inspiration.
Mythology, and the archetypes that undermine and "over-view" any given
culture, are deep, rich, and alive, once one allows oneself to
'activate" them within your imagination. When you align yourself with
myth, you align yourself with the mythic continuum, or "symbolic
history", of the culture you live in. Since we are now becoming a world culture, this continuum has expanded to include all of human culture.<br />
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Joel: <i> Do you feel mythology and folklore is still relevant to people living in today's modern society</i>?<br />
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The
great mythologist, Joseph Campbell, has been my personal muse and
mentor. I met the artist Alex Grey ("The Sacred Mirrors") in NYC years
ago. We were talking about the series of talks Campbell did with Bill
Moyers (The Power of Myth) in the '80's, and Alex commented that
Campbell was the "Avatar of artists". Myth and art are intimately
connected. I feel that myth is more important to todays evolving world
than it has ever been.
Mythology is one of the ways that human beings organize information - it
is intrinsic to consciousness, and to how human beings have transmitted
information from generation to generation. We think and comprehend and
communicate through story.<br />
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The poet, Muriel Rukeyser,
famously wrote that “the world is made of stories, not atoms”. Stories
are at the center of our human nature, and our creative intelligence
evolved from the tribal stories we told in our attempt to understand the
mystery of the world. Story, myth, is our essence.
Religions are also based on mythology, and for those who study the
evolution of mythology, one begins to see the evolution of culture
within the religious myths. They are threads that make the weave, and
weave into present time from very ancient roots.<br />
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So the question we have to ask is "how are
the old myths serving us?" Are they still useful, or not? And if not,
what kinds of new mythologies do we need? That's where artists come in.
I think, for example, of the recent film "Avatar" by James
Cameron........ how gorgeous a work of art and myth making, and how
entirely appropriate for our time.<br />
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Joel: <i>You often
refer to the "Spider Woman" of North American mythology, and you have
even titled one of your blogs after her. Who exactly is the Spider Woman
and how has she influenced your work?</i><br />
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The Spider
Woman creatrix myth is ubiquitous throughout the Americas, and remains a
profound metaphor to re-discover for our time. Grandmother Spider
Woman is revered by the Navajo, for example, as a great teacher, and to
this day midwives rub a bit of spider web into the palms of infant
girls, so they will "become good weavers." Pueblo peoples called
Spider Woman “Thought Woman” (Tse Che Nako), the goddess who spun the
world into being with what she imagined. I find the Spider Woman myth,
or archetype, utterly relevant to contemporary ecology, human community,
and contemporary science, including quantum physics, which now suggests
that we live in a “thought universe” wherein all things are
interconnected, entangled, and responsive.<br />
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To the Hopi, as well as the Navajo,
weaving is a spiritual practice, an act that uncovers a pattern
already there. A good weaver aligns herself with Spider Woman, and
seeks to work with the deep patterns.
I suppose it would be hard, at this point, to say how Spider Woman has
influenced my work.........my 2007 community project, "Spider Woman's
Hands" sought to imply that our own hands are also the hands of Spider
Woman, weaving the world into being together with the "stories we tell
and dream".<br />
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Joel: <i> As a multi-media artist, do you have a current favorite form of artistic expression?</i><br />
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No,
not really...........I think we find different ways of expression for
the same idea. Because I've trained as a visual artist, that is what
I'm most comfortable with, how I think, in images.<br />
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Joel: <i>What place does blogging and the world wide web have in your career and art? </i><br />
<br />
Well,
the Pueblo people of the Southwest believed that it was Spider Woman
who led the people, at the disastrous flood that signalled the end of
the 3rd World, up into the new world (the 4th age). It is now,
according to the Hopi (and Mayan) calendars, the end of the 4th World.
There are a few prophecies that, as in the past, Spider Woman will
return, perhaps, to lead us once again into a new world and a new age.
I kind of like to think of the the Internet as Her latest appearance.<br />
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Joel: <i>What are some of your upcoming and future projects?</i><br />
<br />
My question now is: "How do we speak with the Earth?". I hope my journey<i> (to Glastonbury) </i> reveals some answers.<br />
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Joel: <i>Now for an obvious question: do you have any advice to offer for budding artists and writers out there? </i><br />
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Nothing
"practical" in a world that values money to the loss of soul. Art
making, in whatever form, can be viewed as a spiritual practice that
can reveal you to yourself, and can be a form of prayer or invocation.
<b><i>And artists are the myth makers and transmitters of cultural story......a very important task! </i></b>
I think it's important that artists, young or old, value the
significance, personally and collectively, of our amazing worldwide
artistic legacy, and the evolution and contribution each artist makes to
that "Grand Conversation". Lauren Rainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12157367890138761677noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807860015525714027.post-39179255924632875392012-12-09T08:33:00.000-08:002015-09-05T09:23:47.354-07:00"Numina" - Masks for the Elemental Powers<div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">My <i><b>Numina Masks </b></i>invite others to join in the great "Mythic Conversation" with the Spirits of Place through storytelling and masks. In 2013 the collection was used by playwright and activist <a href="http://laurenraine.blogspot.com/2013/04/the-awakening-numina-masks-for.html"><b>Ann Waters,</b></a> along with her collaborator <b>Mana Youngbear</b> and extraordinary community to produce</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="http://laurenraine.blogspot.com/2013/04/the-awakening-numina-masks-for.html"><u><i>"The Awakening: Our Changing Earth</i></u></a>" in California. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Below is an article I wrote about "Numina", and renewing our conversation with the Earth.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I think it's time to learn to listen........ </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Numina: Spirit of Place, Myth and Pilgrimage</b></span><br />
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by Lauren Raine MFA<br />
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From <u><b>Coreopsis Magazine (2014) </b></u><br />
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<i>“To the native Irish, the literal representation of the country was less important than its poetic dimension. In traditional Bardic culture, the terrain was studied, discussed, and referenced: every place had its legend and its own identity….what endured was the mythic landscape.” </i></blockquote>
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<i> R.F. Foster, (2001, p. 130)</i></blockquote>
The Romans believed that special places were inhabited by intelligences they called Numina, the “genius loci” of a particular place. I personally believe many mythologies may be rooted in the experience of “spirit of place”, the numinous, felt presence within a sacred landscape.<br />
To early and indigenous peoples, nature includes a “mythic conversation”, a conversation within which human beings participate in various ways. Myth is, and always has been, a way for human beings to become intimate and conversant with what is vast, deep, and ultimately mysterious. Mything place provides a language wherein the “conversation” can be spoken and interpreted, and personified. Our experience changes when Place becomes “you” or “Thou” instead of “it”.<br />
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In the past, “Nature” was not just a “resource”; the natural world was a relationship within which human cultures were profoundly embedded. The gods and goddesses arose from the powers of place, from the powers of wind, earth, fire and water, as well as the mysteries of birth and death. In India, virtually all rivers bear the name of a Goddess. In southwestern U.S., the “mountain gods” dwell at the tops of mountains like, near Tucson, Arizona, Baboquivari, sacred mountain to the Tohono O’odam, who still make pilgrimages there and will not allow visitors without tribal permission. This has been a universal human quest, whether we speak of the Celtic peoples with their legends of the Fey, ubiquitous mythologies of the Americas, or the agrarian roots of Rome: the landscape was once populated with intelligences that became personified through the evolution of local mythologies.<br />
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The early agrarian Romans called these forces “Numina”. Every river, cave or mountain had its unique quality and force – its inherent Numen. Cooperation and respect for the Numina was essential for well-being. And some places were places of special potency, such as a healing spring or a sacred grove. As monotheistic religions developed, divinity was increasingly removed from nature, and the natural world lost its “personae”. In the wake of renunciate religions that de-sacralized nature and the body, and then the rapid rise of industrialization, nature has become viewed as something to use or exploit, rather than a relationship with powers that require both communion and reciprocity. Yet early cultures throughout the world believed that nature is alive, intelligent, and responsive, and they symbolized this through local mythologies. From Hopi Katchinas to the Orisha of Western Africa, from the Undines of the Danube to the Songlines of the native Australians, from Alchemy’s Anima Mundi, every local myth reflects what the Romans knew as the resident “spirit of place”, the Genius Loci.<br />
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Contemporary Gaia Theory revolutionized earth science in the 1970’s by proposing that the Earth is a living, self-regulating organism, interdependent and continually evolving in its diversity.<br />
The Gaia Hypothesis, which is named after the Greek Goddess Gaia, was formulated by the scientist James Lovelock and co-developed by the microbiologist Lynn Margulis in the 1970s. While early versions of the hypothesis were criticized for being teleological and contradicting principles of natural selection, later refinements have resulted in ideas highlighted by the Gaia Hypothesis being used in subjects such as geophysiology, Earth system science, biogeochemistry, systems ecology, and climate science. …………….In some versions of Gaia philosophy, all life forms are considered part of one single living planetary being called Gaia. In this view, the atmosphere, the seas and the terrestrial crust would be results of interventions carried out by Gaia through the coevolving diversity of living organisms.<br />
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If one is sympathetic to <b>Gaia Theory,</b> it might follow that everything has the potential to be responsive in some way, because we inhabit and interact with a vast living ecological system, whether visible to us or not. Sacred places may be quite literally places where the potential for “interaction” is more potent. There is evidence that Delphi was a sacred site to prehistoric peoples prior to the evolution of Greece. Ancient Greeks built their Temple at Delphi because it was a site felt to be particularly auspicious for communion with the Goddess Gaia. Later Gaia was displaced by Apollo, who also became the patron of Delphi and the prophetic Oracle. Mecca was a pilgrimage site long before the evolution of Islam, and it is well known that early Christians built churches on existing pagan sacred sites.<br />
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There is a geo-magnetic energy felt at special places that can change consciousness. Before they became contained by churches, standing stones, or religious symbolism, these “vortexes” were intrinsically places of numinous power and presence in their own right.<br />
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Many years ago I lived in Vermont, and one morning I went down to the local Inn for a cup of coffee to discover a group of people about to visit one of Vermont’s mysterious stone cairns on Putney Mountain, the subject of a popular book by Barry Fell, a Harvard researcher, and under continual exploration by the New England Archeological Research Association (NEARA). I had stumbled upon their yearly Conference. Among them was Sig Lonegren , a well-known dowser and researcher of earth mysteries who now lives in Glastonbury, England and was then teaching at Goddard College in Vermont. Through his spontaneous generosity, I found myself on a bus that took us to a chamber constructed of huge stones, hidden among brilliant foliage, with an entrance way perfectly framing the Summer Solstice.<br />
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Fell and others suggest that Celtic colonists built these structures, which are very similar to cairns and Calendar sites found in Britain and Ireland; others maintain they were created by a prehistoric Native American civilization, but no one knows for sure who built them. They occur by the hundreds up and down the Connecticut River. Approaching the site on the side of Putney Mountain, I felt such a rush of vitality it took my breath away. I was stunned when Sig placed divining rods in my hands, and I watched them open as we traced the “ley lines” that ran into this site. Standing on the huge top stone of that submerged chamber, my divining rod “helicoptered”, letting me know, according to Sig, that this was the “crossing of two leys”; a potent place geomantically.<br />
“Approaching the site on the side of Putney Mountain, I felt such such a rush of vitality it took my breath away. I was stunned into silence when Sig placed divining rods in my hands, and I watch them open as we traced the ‘ley lines’…<br />
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According to many contemporary dowsers, telluric energy moves through stone and soil, strongest where water flows beneath the earth, such as in springs, and also where there is dense green life, such as an old growth forest. Telluric force is affected by planetary cycles, season, the moon, the sun, and the underground landscape of water, soil and stone. Symbolically this “serpentine energy” has often been represented by snakes or dragons. “Leys” are believed to be lines of energy, not unlike Terrestrial acupuncture lines and nodes, that are especially potent where they intersect, hence dowsers in Southern England, for example, talk about the “Michael Line” and the “Mary Line”, which intersect at the sites of many prehistoric megaliths, as well as where a number of Cathedrals were built.<br />
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At the time I knew little about dowsing, but I was so impressed with my experience that months later I gathered with friends to sit in the dark in that chamber, while we watched the summer Solstice sun rise through its entrance. We all felt the deep, vibrant energy there, and awe as the sun rose to illuminate the chamber, we all left in a heightened state of awareness and empathy.<br />
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Earth mysteries researcher John Steele wrote in EARTHMIND, a 1989 book written in collaboration with Paul Deveraux and David Kubrin, that we suffer from what he called “geomantic amnesia”. We have forgotten how to “listen to the Earth”, lost the capacity to engage in what he termed “geomantic reciprocity”. Instinctively, mythically, and practically, we have lost the sensory and imaginative communion with place and nature that informed our ancestors spiritual and practical lives, to our great loss.<br />
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We diminish or destroy, for money, places of power long revered by generations past, oblivious to the unique properties it may have, and conversely, build homes, even hospitals, on places that are geomagnetically toxic instead of intrinsically auspicious. Our culture, versed in a “dominator” and economic value system, is utterly ignorant of the significance of place that was of vital importance to peoples of the past. Re-discovering what it was that inspired traditional peoples to decide on a particular place for healing or worship may be important not only to contemporary pilgrims, but to a way of seeing the world we need to regain if we are to continue into the future as human culture at all.<br />
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Making a pilgrimage to commune in some way with a sacred place is a something human beings have been doing since the most primal times. Recently unearthed temples in Turkey’s Gobekli Tepe reveal a vast ceremonial pilgrimage site that may be 12,000 years old. The Eleusinian Mysteries of Greece combined spirit of place and mythic enactment to transform pilgrims for over two millennia.<br />
One of the most famous contemporary pilgrimages is the “Camino” throughout Spain, which concludes at the Cathedral of Santiago at Compostella. Compostella comes from the same linguistic root as “compost”, the fertile soil created from rotting organic matter – the “dark matter” to which everything living returns, and is continually resurrected by the processes of nature into new life, new form. Pilgrims arriving after their long journey are being metaphorically ‘composted’, made new again. When they emerge from the darkness of the medieval cathedral in Compostella, and from the mythos of their journey, they were ready to return home with their spirits reborn.]<br />
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In 2011 I visited the ancient pilgrimage site of Glastonbury, England. Glastonbury’s ruined Cathedral once drew thousands of Catholic pilgrims, and Glastonbury is also Avalon, the origin of the Arthurian legends, a prehistoric pilgrimage site. To this day thousands still travel to Glastonbury for the festivals held there, and for numerous metaphysical conferences, including the Goddess Conference I attended. The sacred springs of the Chalice Well and the White Spring have been drawing pilgrims since long before recorded history, and many people come still to drink their waters.<br />
Making this intentional Pilgrimage left me with a profound, very personal sense of the “Spirit of Place”, what some call the “Lady of Avalon” and taking some of the waters from the Holy Springs back with is ever a reminder of the dreams, synchronicities and insights I had there.<br />
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Sacred Sites are able to raise energy because they are geomantically potent, and they also become potent because of human interaction. “Mythic mind”, the capacity to interpret and interact with self, others and place in symbolic terms (as, for example, the way the Lakota interpret “vision quest” experiences) further facilitates the communion. Sig Lonegren, who is one of the Trustees of the Chalice Well in Glastonbury, and a famous dowser, has speculated that as human culture and language became increasingly complex, verbal, and abstract, we began to lose mediumistic, empathic consciousness, a daily intuitive gnosis with the “subtle realms” that was further facilitated by ritual. Dowsing is a good example of daily gnosis. “Knowing” where water is something many people can do without having any idea of how they do it. Sometimes, beginning dowsers don’t even need to “believe” in dowsing in order to, nevertheless, locate water with a divining rod.<br />
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With the gradual ascendancy of left-brained reasoning, and with the development of patriarchal religions, he suggests that tribal and individual gnosis was gradually replaced by complex institutions that rendered spiritual authority to priests who were viewed as the sole representatives of God. The “conversation” stopped, and the language to continue became obscured or lost.<br />
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Perhaps this empathic, symbolic, mediumistic capacity is returning to us now as a new evolutionary balance, facilitated by re-inventing and re-discovering mythic pathways to the Numina.<br />
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<b>Foster</b>, R.F.(2001) , <u>The Irish Story: Telling Tales and Making It Up in Ireland</u> (London: Allen<br />
Lane/Penguin Press), page 130.<br />
<b>Lovelock,</b> J. and Margulis, L., (1970) <u>The Gaia Hypothesis,</u> quote is from Wikipedia<br />
Retrieved on: May 11, 2014 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaia_hypothesis<br />
<b>Seneca</b>, L. Annaeus junior (65 A.D.) <u>Epistulae Morales at Lucilium</u>, 41.3.<br />
Retrieved on: Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epistulae_morales_ad_Lucilium<br />
<b>Fell</b>, B. (1976, 2013). <u>America B.C.: Ancient Settlers in the New World,</u> Artisan Publishers, N.Y.<br />
<b>Lonegren,</b> S. (2013) <u>Mid Atlantic Geomancy, Blog</u>. Retrieved on: http://www.geomancy.org/<br />
<b>Steele, </b>J. (1989). <u>Earthmind: Communicating with the living world of Gaia</u>, with Paul Devereaux<br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Every mask is the beginning of a story, because each mask is inhabited by a being waiting to reveal itself, whether a universally recognizable archetype, or an eccentric, very personal inner persona that can communicate in surprising ways. Masks can heal by speaking with a voice that we can't, and masks can provide an opportunity for transpersonal experience as well, when we engage with sacred and universal archetypes. In traditional cultures, such as Bali, sacred masks were viewed as a means for the divine - the gods, goddesses, ancestors and animal powers - to bless the living through ritual theatre.</span></div>
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Making a mask is a process, but it's only part of the process - those who will use the mask complete the journey. And because the "spirits of the masks" come from the Mythic Realm, there is really no end to the journey at all. Just a circle of new telling.</div>
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In my workshops, we learn to sculpt a theatrical mask from our faces, explore personally significant stories and symbols, and learn approaches to storytelling with masks, with discussion about community performance and ritual theatre. I've found it's best to "invite the spirit of the mask" by beginning with a shared "Shrine". Participants bring objects that are personally sacred and meaningful. Our "Invocation" is sometimes a creative visualization exercise. After we've created a "Circle" to work in, we "get plastered" in pairs as we take casts of our faces with plaster impregnated bandages. These will become plaster positives on which more durable leather masks can be then modelled. Plaster casts can also be used to create masks and sculpture from clay and other media. See below for a few examples from other students.</div>
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