Being An Alive Woman
I am an alive woman, Determined to live a long, long time. Getting older and bolder with each new day, knowing deep within The longer I am around the stronger I will become. And I do not intend to wait around to be free.
I am an Alive Woman, Alive Woman, Red ruby womb, All my own, all my own. With each full moon my powers become Stronger, freer, wilder, wiser.
I am an Alive Woman Alive to my strength, Alive to my power, Alive to the cycles of being a woman.
Determined to have my voice heard I have emerged body, mind, and spirit, Loving all of who I am Being all of who I am.
— Marcia Moonstar |
Artist Statement: The woman pictured is my mother, who suffered her share of heartbreaking losses and personal challenges over the course of a lifetime. Like the speaker in the poem, she met those with courage, staying fiercely and vividly "alive to the cycles of being a woman" and "determined to live a long, long time.
Materials & Techniques: Computer-manipulated photos printed on fabric, commercial prints, cotton/poly and metallic threads, cotton batting. Machine pieced and quilted; images manipulated in Adobe Photoshop and Adobe InDesign, using recent and heirloom photos.
Size: 14"W x 24"H
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