Tuesday, January 13, 2015

Dream of Androgyny


I didn't actually have a dream of androgyny.  The title and piece grew from the refrigerator thermometer and the baseball cover (both found objects of course).

Carl Jung, whom I've been reading, proposed that we each have a feminine and masculine aspect (given Greek mythology this wasn't an original statement).

Still, I couldn't resist the impulse to imbue the baseball cover with a bonnet-like appearance.  I tried numerous other uses for it.  Often additions follow that reinforce the recognized form. 


Jung said, “In reality, the work of art grows out of the artist as a child from his mother.  The creative process has a feminine quality, and the creative work arises from unconscious depths.”

Couldn't have said it better. 


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