I didn't know when I got up this morning that I would spend most of today creating the above artwork, "Imminence"—a tribute to my mother's last days when she repeatedly defied doctors and nurses who declared the end of her life "imminent." The text reads, "Imminence is a state of mind," and the photo is one taken in the early 1950s of my mother. The 3 motifs I incorporated into the work are:1) A bargello quilt design (my mother was an avid quilter)
2) An EKG graph
3) The jester on my mother's skirt
It makes sense that I'd become immersed in this project today since I had another crying dream last night. I seem to be able to cry more in my sleep than I do while awake these days. I guess that's how my psyche is working it out. Dreams and artwork. Not a bad way to grieve.
2 comments:
What a tribute! I'm sure your mother would have loved it.
We both clearly have a thing for that picture. I still want to find the "bathing beauty" one, though--oooh, the things we could do with that one.
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