This night is the first solstice with a total eclipse of the Moon in over 400 years. Astrologer Bob Mulligan states, 2011 "will be a breath of relief, the death of one way of doing things and the very beginning of something brand new." Read more here.
Also read: Darkness Births the Light by KK Ledford. KK and I grew up together. Wild Moon Wisdom is her website.
The next few months will be a very powerful time for new beginnings!
Monday, December 20, 2010
Friday, December 3, 2010
Entwined
Entwined is a performance of hair giving. It was performed on November 19 (the Friday before Thanksgiving) with a group I have worked with as a Healing Artist for approximately a year and a half. To bound our relationship even tighter, I offered everyone in the group a lock of hair they could cut off and keep as a memento of me and a passing on of power.
Above: We are discussing Victorian traditions of hair saving, exchanging and hair work. In some cultures and stories the sharing of hair is a sharing of power. Hair is also significant as a part of the body which will not rot.
Reading 19th century sayings such as "when this lock of hair you do see, think of me."
Above: A selection is made from the nape of the neck.
Above: A participant gives me a lock of their hair.
Photography courtesy of Crystal Owens.
Above: We are discussing Victorian traditions of hair saving, exchanging and hair work. In some cultures and stories the sharing of hair is a sharing of power. Hair is also significant as a part of the body which will not rot.
Reading 19th century sayings such as "when this lock of hair you do see, think of me."
Above: A selection is made from the nape of the neck.
Above: A participant gives me a lock of their hair.Photography courtesy of Crystal Owens.
Water Break
Water Break: pick-up truck, tarp, water, release
Action took place at El Rincon Social in Houston, Texas on Sunday, November 14.
Truck before:
Unidentified woman near water hose/umbilical cord as the truck is being filled with water.
Water Break:
Red Sheet placenta was released as well.
Action took place at El Rincon Social in Houston, Texas on Sunday, November 14.
Truck before:
Unidentified woman near water hose/umbilical cord as the truck is being filled with water.
Water Break:
Red Sheet placenta was released as well.
Rebirth
"Rebirth" is a ritual event that took place at El Rincon Social on Sunday, November 14. A truck bed filled with blessed fluid was utilized for participants to be buried/submerged in and then reborn as part of a ritual of beginning anew.
The rebirthing process...
Photos courtesy of Michael Brims and Emily Sloan.
The rebirthing process...
Photos courtesy of Michael Brims and Emily Sloan.
Memento Mori---water globes
Some other connections...
Below is a series of water globes from 2009, all containing memento mori landscape scenes. These scenes were all documented within 15 miles from where I grew up in east Texas. Images included: Dead Man Road, Buzzards, a cemetery, a burnt forest, a clear cut forest, and a home destroyed by Hurricane Rita. The globes were "activated" by audience members spinning them and stirring their contents. The objects themselves referenced snow globes as collectibles and tokens of memorabilia.
Above image taken at Blaffer Museum.
Below is a series of water globes from 2009, all containing memento mori landscape scenes. These scenes were all documented within 15 miles from where I grew up in east Texas. Images included: Dead Man Road, Buzzards, a cemetery, a burnt forest, a clear cut forest, and a home destroyed by Hurricane Rita. The globes were "activated" by audience members spinning them and stirring their contents. The objects themselves referenced snow globes as collectibles and tokens of memorabilia.
Above image taken at Blaffer Museum.
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Rebirth / Breaking of the Water
"Rebirth" is a ritual event to take place at El Rincon Social on Sunday, November 14 from 5pm to 10pm. A truck bed filled with blessed fluid will be on hand into which participants may be buried/submerged and reborn as part of a ritual of beginning anew.
The evening will end with "The Breaking of the Water" from the truck onto the earth.
This event is open to participants and observers.
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