Fish (Anima Woman), 2024
A pair of mosaics with hand cut mirror tiles, my wisdom tooth, rose Greg gave me sometime ago, sand, cement, water and pigment on wood
Approx. 14 x 9 inches each

In this in-progress series, I contemplate on the symbol of the fish, which emerges in each composition among freehanded currents of arranged mirror mosaic tiles.

In the upcoming months, I will be working on a project titled “Anima Woman”, involving several new pieces of woven tapestries and mosaics. I borrow the term anima woman from its context used by feminist Jungian psychoanalyst Marion Woodman, describing a person -or culture- whose survival is tied to the patriarchal spirit. Anima woman is a perfect substrate for patriarchal projections, deft at evolving into the perfect mother, wife, daughter or citizen in order to please (to survive). However, the anima woman also holds tremendous potential energy for change; her/their animation means the return of patriarchal projections to their proper places.