Dinora Justice

In her own words, “… I was thinking of the biases regarding traditional associations of nature with the feminine. The linguistic heritage of the expression Mother Nature feminizes the environment, and gives our patriarchal system permission to extend its logic of subjugation and exploitation to nature, with the disastrous results that are pushing us to the brink of climate catastrophe… I work with iconic female figures of the Western canon by painters such as Matisse and Ingres, from a period in their careers in which they explored a fascination with the exotic Middle East through paintings of odalisques, who were quasi-slave women kept in seclusion. In my paintings I substitute trees, plants and flowers for drapery and furniture, forcing a visual relocation of the female form from the realm of the intimate to that of the universal.” Learn more about Dinora here. 

Elizabeth Lennie

I never really learned how to swim but my 6-year-old daughter takes lessons and she’s getting really good at it. When I see these paintings by Elizabeth, I think of the freedom and independence swimming offers my daughter, how being a confident swimmer opens up a whole new world of possibilities and I’m grateful. Learn more about Elizabeth here. 

Thank you for being here. Lately I’m thinking about döstädning or “death cleaning,” heard of it? —it means decluttering and organizing your stuff with the awareness that our last days are imminent- so tidy up before you go! Till soon. XxA

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