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this painting is so incredible….i would really really love...

Tue, 26 Jul 2011 22:56:00 -0400

this painting is so incredible….i would really really love to know who the artist is. it was my desktop picture while i was pregnant! we are what we eat - and so are our children!

airdiary: (life, colour, birth) painting done by me: chanell...

Tue, 26 Jul 2011 19:17:22 -0400

airdiary:

(life, colour, birth) painting done by me: chanell “nana” monae

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Tue, 26 Jul 2011 19:11:09 -0400

girlyboner: I find this beautiful and I think it’s tragic when...

Tue, 26 Jul 2011 19:04:54 -0400

girlyboner:

I find this beautiful and I think it’s tragic when people make something so natural into something so grotesque.

"This is the female form, A divine nimbus exhales from it from head to foot, It attracts with fierce..."

Tue, 26 Jul 2011 19:02:09 -0400

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This is the female form,
A divine nimbus exhales from it from head to foot,
It attracts with fierce undeniable attraction,
I am drawn by its breath as if I were no more than a helpless vapor, all falls aside but myself and it,
Books, art, religion, time, the visible and solid earth, and what was expected of heaven or fear’d of hell, are now consumed,
Mad filaments, ungovernable shoots play out of it, the response likewise ungovernable,
Hair, bosom, hips, bend of legs, negligent falling hands all diffused, mine too diffused,
Ebb stung by the flow and flow stung by the ebb, love-flesh swelling and deliciously aching,
Limitless limpid jets of love hot and enormous, quivering jelly of love, white-blow and delirious juice,
Bridegroom night of love working surely and softly into the prostrate dawn,
Undulating into the willing and yielding day,
Lost in the cleave of the clasping and sweet-flesh’d day.

This the nucleus—after the child is born of woman, man is born of woman,
This the bath of birth, this the merge of small and large, and the outlet again.

Be not ashamed women, your privilege encloses the rest, and is the exit of the rest,
You are the gates of the body, and you are the gates of the soul.

The female contains all qualities and tempers them,
She is in her place and moves with perfect balance,
She is all things duly veil’d, she is both passive and active,
She is to conceive daughters as well as sons, and sons as well as daughters.

As I see my soul reflected in Nature,
As I see through a mist, One with inexpressible completeness, sanity, beauty,
See the bent head and arms folded over the breast, the Female I see.

”

- I Sing the Body Electric #5 by Walt Whitman (via fernsandmoss)

The Pink & Blue Diaries: This Double Life

Mon, 13 Jun 2011 21:03:26 -0400

The Pink & Blue Diaries: This Double Life:

deborahsiegel:

Just discovered an excellent anthology by writing mamas in Canada called Double Lives: Writing and Motherhood. Includes gems like: “I think this new generation of mothers are more determined than ever not to let motherhood change their lives-and therein lies a new problem, because, of…

andreakiss: by Sulamith Wulfing. I believe it is Titled...

Mon, 13 Jun 2011 20:57:11 -0400

andreakiss:

by Sulamith Wulfing. I believe it is Titled “Circle,” but i could be wrong

Reinvent Yourself: A Mother of Three Becomes an Artist

Fri, 10 Jun 2011 10:18:05 -0400

Reinvent Yourself: A Mother of Three Becomes an Artist:

Jessica Clements Painting Portfolio

Fri, 10 Jun 2011 10:13:08 -0400

Jessica Clements Painting Portfolio:

Here is part of the artist’s statement:

I have come to understand that birth is a natural and beautiful part of our lives. My paintings serve multiple purposes. They:

illustrate what happens to a woman’s body during birth
show what it is like to have a healthy and natural birth
offer an opportunity to confront our cultural fear of birth
demonstrate the strength and beauty of a birthing woman and her child.

(lovely image from here, via here)

Wed, 08 Jun 2011 21:11:25 -0400

(lovely image from here, via here)

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Tue, 07 Jun 2011 11:21:07 -0400

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Tue, 07 Jun 2011 11:19:25 -0400

wilife: Nesting: It’s time to meet a new Wisconsin poet. Erin...

Thu, 12 May 2011 22:06:55 -0400

wilife:

Nesting:

It’s time to meet a new Wisconsin poet. Erin Trondson has just published a collection of poems called “Nesting” – a record of her daughters’ first years and of her own thoughts about motherhood.

fuckyeah-arthistory: Mother and Child - Elizabeth Catlett,...

Mon, 09 May 2011 12:06:03 -0400

fuckyeah-arthistory:

Mother and Child - Elizabeth Catlett, 1993

"Paradise is opened at the command of mothers."

Sun, 08 May 2011 11:23:41 -0400

““Paradise is opened at the command of mothers.””

- ~ Egyptian Proverb

Leighton, Frederick ~The Music Lesson~

Sun, 08 May 2011 11:21:52 -0400

Leighton, Frederick ~The Music Lesson~

Balancing the Roles of Artist and Mother

Sat, 07 May 2011 17:16:00 -0400

Balancing the Roles of Artist and Mother:

“When you love something, you will make time for it — whether ‘it’ is children or art.”
~ Sandhya Manne

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Sat, 07 May 2011 15:29:41 -0400

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Sat, 07 May 2011 15:28:24 -0400