Dawn Wesselby

Morphic 

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The River Runs Red- 2017

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Mixed Media

 

I have had an interest in spirituality for many years and am currently exploring the concept of the divine feminine in the form of the goddess.  I feel there is a need to balance the masculine energies of our time, to acknowledge those who were hung, drowned or demonised for their knowledge and wisdom and to rediscover that which has been lost.

The concept of a trilogy is deeply ingrained in our psyche; father, son and holy ghost; sun, moon and stars; mother, father and child; and in the goddess traditions this is reflected as the maiden, mother and crone.  Using my own, blood, sweat and tears to represent the three phases of womanhood and creating a temple space with sculptures of the goddess in a variety of mediums, I have provided a quiet space to contemplate the once forbidden feminine path.

Bringing a temple into a church is my way of acknowledging that many ancient sacred sites were built upon as Christianity developed as the main religion.  It is my way to pay homage to the women and girls murdered as witches and harridans but who were most often healers and wisdom keepers.

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