A Woman

Description

For years I have been working with the concept of creating an environment for some of my favorite quotes. This is how my line of Spirit House came to be.

The piece I am presenting here is made from encaustic (hot wax) and photographs.

The handmade book contains a calligraphically lettered poem by Marilyn Monroe. As we all

know, she certainly was a woman with a pre-determined point of view that was also

objectified and ravished by men. I used an old photo to highlight the book cover and the

string that is embedded in the tree line signifies the concept of measurement and how

often women are measured by their beauty, their looks, or what they lack.

 

This is a dimensional piece with photos, encaustic, and a cubby for my hand made book that contains a calligraphically lettered poem by Marilyn Monroe. As we all know, she certainly was a woman with a pre-determined point of view that was also objectified and ravished by men. I used an old photo to highlight the book cover and the string that is embedded in the tree line signifies the concept of measurement and howoften women are measured by their beauty, their looks, or what they lack.

The words inside the book:

A woman is often measured

by things she cannot change….

she is measured

by the way her body curves

or doesn’t curve.

She is measured by inches . . . ages and numbers.

and by outside things that don’t ever

add up to what she is on the inside.

. . . and so, If a woman is to be measured

Let her be measured by who she is . . .

. . . and who she is trying to become.

MARILYN MONROE

 

 

10″ x 18″ x 5″ Framed Only