[Author’s Note: In July 2017, I set out on a 4 month pilgrimage to the Unites States, Italy, France, Spain, Lebanon, Jordan, and Egypt. I name it a “pilgrimage” because my main focus is what I call “visiting with the Grandmothers”, although I also encountered many other wonderful people and places. This series of Photo Essays is an invitation for you to visit with the Grandmothers I met on my journey . . .]
She is everywhere . . .
Even when I am not visiting with the Grandmothers in a museum or archaeological site, She is there. She takes me by surprise, making me smile, bringing a sense of wonder. Modern art representations echo ancient images of Goddess. A huge sculpture on a busy New York street invites a re-membering of Her presence. Hecate’s owl on a building in NoHo, watching over us. Goddess of liberty. Renaissance art, so fascinated with women’s mysteries. Modern fashion. Mother Nature. She is everywhere!
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Comment from Sara Wright:
A couple of these images really disturbed me – one without a head – the other a mannequin…. are these really goddess images?
Yes, good question! I saw the headless one as a modern representation of a classical statue, many of which have lost heads and limbs. For me She stood out amidst the linear buildings and fast pace of central New York. Re the mannequin – when I’m looking for Her, I see Her everywhere, and she appeared to me like a glorious embodiment in Madison Avenue (I see mannequins differently since using one to craft a life-size Medusa figure, reconnecting Her head and body). Those images are certainly not as meaningful as the ancient Grandmother statues, but I wanted to share my experience of seeing Her everywhere that day in New York. At the time, I was seeing Her everywhere, looking with Goddess eyes. The big statue was like a Goddess statue from antiquity, strong and present right in the centre of New York. The Madison Avenue mannequin became a priestess resplendent in beautiful robes. Maybe it doesn’t translate in the photos, but She was there for me.