Body Stamp
At seven months pregnant, I woke up one morning in my Brooklyn, New York apartment with a strange urge to paint my own body by lying down on a canvas. The result is an energetic, poetic and strong image I call Body Stamp.
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The experience of creating a life in the womb is an exclusive privilege of being female. To be conscious that there is a spirit, a beating heart, a body, a human being developing inside yourself is nothing short of divine.
Body Stamp series |
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The connection with the Goddess is spectacular. To me it was a very special moment and I felt the urge to register it. Oddly enough, the resulting image can almost be compared to a fossil--so rupestrian. I can imagine paleolithic women doing the same. Credit: Arthur Nobre |
http://www.sacred-feminine.org/default_files/essayonsacredfeminine.htm
http://www.goddess-studio.com/default_files/writings.htm
excerpts from the essay by Amy Peck MA (Amalya)
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