Archive for Sculpture
On Process, Sculptures and Kindness
Alleluia-
Verse for the Virgin
Alleluia! light
burst from your untouched
womb like a flower
on the farther side
of death. The world-tree
is blossoming. Two
realms become one.
-Hildegard of Bingen
(Trans. Barbara Newman from Women »»
The Pregnant Virgin Mary
Annunciation
We know the scene: the room, variously furnished,
almost always a lectern, a book; always
the tall lily.
Arrived on solemn grandeur »»
On The Ocean, Sculptures & Videos
Oceans
I have a feeling that my boat
has struck, down there in the depths,
against a great thing.
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The Virgin Mary as Artist’s Exemplar
Post Updated: I’ve bumped up this post from last month because I added photos of the sculpture it inspired at the end.
This poem by Thomas Merton »»
New Scupltures
Reclining Angel:
Listening Angel
Goddess
These pieces are made from clay. I’m working on a post about the meaning of clay. It should be up in a couple days.
Ice
I got a lot done in ceramics today. I glazed the second in my series of woman cracked open like eggs and finished the sculpting on the »»
Rumi & New Scupture
Joyful for no reason,
I want to see beyond this existence.
You open your lips, laughing.
I think of a design for that opening.
-Rumi (trans Coleman Barks & John Moyne)
I »»
New Sculpture
My sculpture came out of the kiln today:
Art & Adventure
Today
my life is mirrored in
a morning Glory.
-Arakida Moritake (1473-1549, member of the Shinto priesthood)
Making art is such an adventure. Yesterday at the etching studio I thought my »»
Guidance & My New Sculpture
I remember in college rolling out of bed at 1 or 2 in the afternoon and feeling like I slept in. Now I have a child and »»
St. Francis, Women Mystics & the Question of Suffering
Today as I was finishing up my sculpture, I started thinking about how we choose to serve humankind and the Divine. It seemed very clear to me »»
Hildegard of Bingen Sculpture
A couple of people have asked me to post about Hildegard of Bingen, 12th century German mystic and visionary. Today I’ll post about some of my artwork »»
Hildegard of Bingen’s Music
I found this charming video of Hildegard’s music. It’s called Shelf of Walks. It captures something of Hildegard’s spirit- especially her ability to see God in the »»
New Sculpture
This is a lousy picture, but this is the sculpture I’m working on today. Hopefully I’ll finish by tomorrow.
