Oracle of Initiation

On April 6th, 2006 I knew I was called to create my own divination deck. As I sat on my couch in Wedgewood, one of the most intense energetic experiences I have ever felt cascaded down through my Chakras*. So, backing up… at the end of August 2005 I had a major concussion hip-hop roller skating. ...

In Audre Lorde’s seminal lecture from 1978, “Uses of the Erotic: The Erotic as Power” from the book Sister Outsider, she beautifully articulates the essential need to return to living within the broadest reaches of creativity, sensuality and intuition. This...

In my Painted Body photography series for The Oracle of Initiation deck, sacred adornment is a central part of the process. The talismanic jewels and natural objects I decorate myself with are as altar-ing as the painting itself...

I can’t talk about the Painted Body series locations without bringing in the Earthen Body series first. Over time I will revisit certain pivotal shoots from the Earthen Body series, but for now we shall just share their profound impact on my sense of power, trust and joy. ...

OK, so this is really big for me. I have had mixed feelings about being “seen” in this lifetime. I have cloistered myself and my work, and that time of exile is OVER. I did the work above yesterday. Very very few people have ever seen my images so quickly. I ...

Roger Ballen’s work is one of my great inspirations. He has created a fascinating & shadowy universe through photographing the impoverished whites in their rural South African villages. ...

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Returning home. Where is home? Do you belong to the land you were birthed on, or to your ancestral heritage, or to the past-life influences that weave throughout this incarnation? How can we reclaim our multidimensionality, belonging again to everything as we once knew? I ponder belonging a lot...

I wrote this at the end of 2006 when I had relocated to the southwest. This is the story of how that all emerged… When did this journey to the southwest really begin? As with most great journeys, it began years before actually setting out. ...

So back to the story of how The Oracle of Initiation divination deck was created… in 2008 I had made the biggest geographic move of my life {other than a youthful jaunt in Italy} to New Mexico. This relocation occurred six months before The Painted Body series emerged for the deck. ...

“It’s been a long time, I shouldn’t have left you, without a strong rhyme to step to. Think of how many weak shows you slept through, times up, I’m sorry I kept you.” I Know YOU Got Soul by Eric B & Rakim How long has it been since you lived with a strong rhythm, an intoxicating beat? Are you ...

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Altars as a Way of Life is sharing one of my favorites ways of bringing the power &  beauty of  reverence  into our  daily lives.  I see altars as visual prayers, focusing  intentions and praise on what you value , honor and love. I wi...

This is the first  in a series of posts about women photographers who have used their own bodies as the primary vessels for their artistic expression....