Surrender to the Rhythm

I have just completed two more paintings which takes inspiration from Shaun Mcniff's book 'Art Heals'. He offers a stunning array of entry points into the creative process and how to transform the most mundane aspects of life through artistic encounters and to engage with our most painful challenges creatively. I want to share with you a reference he makes to Henry Miller, under the chapter entitled 'Surrender to the Rhythm'.

"I know what the answer is: it is to give up, to relinquish, 

 to surrender, so that our little hearts may beat in unison

with the great heart of the world".

                -Henry Miller 

111 April, 2011

Inner Cell, March 2011

International Women's Day 08/03/2011

As part of International Women's Day (8th March 2011) my photograph was selected out of over one hundred applications to be exhibited as part of WOW, shown at the Southbank in London.
WOW - Women of the World - is a joyous celebration of the formidable strength and inventiveness of women - a pioneering, groundbreaking annual festival, which will present, recognise and celebrate women, and act as a conversation space for issues of all kinds.
'Through a series of debates, conversations, networking opportunities, presentations, showcases and places to meet, talk, and have fun, the Women of the World festival celebrates the potential and achievement of women and addresses some of the obstacles that women face across the world.

"Whilst travelling around South Africa I visited a lot of fishing harbour’s and it was interesting to discover that the preparation of the fish involved mainly female labourers. On this particular occasion I stood for hours admiring the skill, the precision and the speed in which the ‘fish lady’ gutted one fish after the other without a break and quite often without even having to look down and watch what her knife was doing. I feel the image captures an unspoken about marketable skill which is not only steeped in history but presents itself as a progressive attitude of women in the workforce all over the world".



Clink on the link to view all fourteen selected works.http://wearevv.wordpress.com/international-womens-day-exhibition-2011/