[New post] Self Portrait as Maternal Creature

Luisa A. Igloria posted: " ~ after Leonora Carrington, "Self Portrait: The Inn of the Dawn Horse" To make strange, we propose departures from the ordinary, offer the unexpected. For instance, switch from certainty to ambiguity, from indecision to intuitive purpose. My studen" Via Negativa Self Portrait as Maternal Creature Luisa A. Igloria Nov 8 ~ after Leonora Carrington, "Self Portrait: The Inn of the Dawn Horse" To make strange, we propose departures from the ordinary, offer the unexpected. For instance, switch from certainty to ambiguity, from indecision to intuitive purpose. My students and I have been looking at surrealist paintings—in one, the artist wears white jodhpurs and has unloosed her hair into a wild abundance. A pale horse drifts in the grass outside the open window. Everything can be read as a beckoning. Or a reckoning. The rocking horse is about to clatter off the walls, and the striped hyena with three teats softens her face and makes a delicate gesture with one leg. I want to believe she is prophecy; that she still retains a maternal instinct, one that a life of art or the mind hasn't blunted. Comment Manage your email settings or unsubscribe. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: https://www.vianegativa.us/2023/11/self-portrait-as-maternal-creature/

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