January 27, 2011

Listening to the Great Below

This is the next postcard:

And what I said about it:

I made the sculpture shown here during a class while the parents were making birth power figures.  I know what it symbolizes for me: myself, belly empty of babies for now but shaped by pregnancy and birth, with my hand to my ear, listening intently to the Great Below as I enter a period of great change in my life.  But I hope it’s an image which may speak to others, too.  Thanks to my husband Matt who is a professional photographer and copied the sculpture for me!

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

My name is Amy Swagman and I'm a doula and artist in Denver (www.themandalajourney.com). I'm speaking on birth art at the ICAN conference in St. Louis next weekend and was wondering if I could use your photo of your sculpture in my handouts to illustrate the birth power sculpture prompt. Pam England will be there which will be very cool! If you could let me know ASAP I'd appreciate it. Email me, amy@birthingbody.org. Thanks! ~Amy

Anonymous said...

(sorry, not sure where my comment went, I think I posted on the wrong post...)

My name is Amy Swagman and I'm a doula and artist in Denver (www.themandalajourney.com). I'm speaking on birth art at the ICAN conference in St. Louis next weekend and was wondering if I could use your photo of your sculpture in my handouts to illustrate the birth power sculpture prompt.

Pam England will be there which will be very cool! If you could let me know ASAP I'd appreciate it.

Email me, amy@birthingbody.org. Thanks! ~Amy