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Big / Small Plush Moths

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history and fate = same force in opposite directions? fate as forward acting trauma??

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Janine Antoni, I unfold, I infold, 2019

“I unfold, I infold” takes its gesture from the outstretched palms of the Virgin Mary. This iconography symbolizes the dispensation of grace and points to Mary as a mediator. Her body is a conduit through which grace is poured and then redirected to us through her open palms. Traditionally, rays extend out from her hands, identifying the Holy Spirit. In the artwork, the palms are painted gold, symbolizing this energy transfer from the body. In this work, just as she reaches out with all her divine feminine qualities, she also turns inward. To touch one’s thigh is to feel one’s own body and to acknowledge being human. To hold both is to be a divine animal.

“I grew up Catholic. She was my female deity; my representation of what the ultimate woman would be. This is a beautiful gesture. It’s giving. It’s always present. Always forgiving and receptive. In the iconography it symbolizes the distribution of grace, grace from God. The thing about the Virgin Mary is that she’s never given her body. She was immaculately conceived. She doesn’t get to have sex. She doesn’t even die, she ascends into heaven. So I wanted to give her body back to herself.”

Quote from @SwampAdvice on Twitter (written by frequent collaborator on The CryptoNaturalist Podcast Leslie J Anderson).