portal for creative expression
Birds do it, bees do it, even the flowers and the trees do it. Mammals do it with interlocking genitals, fish do it in a school. Nobody knows how eels do it, but they’re definitely doing it. Fungi do it- probably more than anyone.
During this Full Moon the Moon is in Uttarashada Nakshatra of Capricorn, together with Saturn which is the planetary ruler of this Mansion. This is the Nakshara of victory, where a permanent success has been achieved, so now we learn how to manage our resources, and take responsibility for what we have. It also gives us an opportunity to work for the universal greater good of all beings aligning with the energy of the Sun currently in the constellation of Cancer, in Nakshatra Pushya represented as The Star of Nourishment.
This Full Moon on the Leo / Aquarius axis creates opportunities to understand the symbols and cycles that govern our civilization. Sun opposition Moon opens up the Aquarian Portal, showing us a glimpse of what is possible if the ego and soul energies resolve the polarity: the individual and the collective, the personal and the universal.
Join artist Nancy Azara for the opening reception of High Chair and Other Works at AIR Gallery Friday July 2nd, 12-6pm
by Jana Astanov Featured image Wreath making WomBYN’s circle at Rosekill Art Farm, 2021 with Katie Cercone, Kate Hamberger, Fann Perez, Claudia Perez, Maira Duarte, Valerie Sharp, Maria…
In ancient Greece, the state of inebriation was a favored disposition, as it amplifies happiness or dulls sadness. The Greek goddess Methe is the living embodiment of drunkenness. She is the daughter of Dionysus (the god of wine), the wife of Staphylos (the grape carrier), and mother of Botrys (the divine embodiment of grapes).
My work is filled with lessons from my personal experience. It questions dangerous themes within society, while conjuring the magic I felt as a child.
Between my thighs is the warm shadow of lips,And the erotic curves of fear, beauty, myth, lustgrowing a plant of such medicineall healing starts…