Mothers’ Art
Motherhood is a significant and transforming process, rather than a singular event. It is somewhat like becoming an artist: we improve with experience and by trusting and following our natural instincts. The experience of motherhood is so rich it brings significance to all of us. Each of us has to invent mothering for herself and reinvent it over and over as we move forward through it.
Women are, by nature, creators. We create children within our bodies; homes with our hearts, freedom of spirit with our minds. As women artists, we create artwork with our hands from our hearts.
Motherhood is a life-style change. Time becomes precious–almost sacred; thought becomes fragmented. The changes in my life manifested in my work: designs that had previously moved throughout the entire piece became as segmented as my time.
The needs of our children are immediate. Hugs to share, a story to read and questions to answer won’t wait while tiles are carved.
As the children grow, their needs don’t diminish; they evolve. As I write this, my teenage daughters are engaged in their assorted activities; they are emerging as incredible young women with gifts that are their own. It truly doesn’t get much better than this.
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kelly said,
June 1, 2007 @ 7:52 pm
I have always admired your love of your role as mother, it has inspired me and lifted me up out of many days of feeling helpless in the face of what I have chosen, but which is so beyond my control. xo.
debra said,
June 2, 2007 @ 8:05 pm
Thank you for your kind words, my friend.
xox