the beauty in the soft roundness of a woman’s belly
vriden, anders zorn | jeune femme nue, henri-jean guillaume martin | duo, leonor fini | etude de femme nue, henri fantin-latour | female nude, william getty | venus au bain, jean-baptiste camille corot | seated nude, emile baes | mountain stream (detail), louis michel eilshemius | gammal spegel, anders zorn | liegender akt, emile baes
Might not look like something out of the ordinary, but it’s a young mavka and a changeling, fascinated with a rare sight of a blooming fern flower. But then again, why shouldn’t a happy sight look ordinary?
The fern flower — a magic flower in Slavic mythology. It blooms for a very short time on the eve of the summer solstice and brings great fortune and powers to the person who finds it. The owner of the flower can understand animal speech, see all the hidden treasures, pass through any lock, shapeshift… each tale promises different gifts. The fern flower blooms in the deepest and darkest parts of the forest, and must be searched for alone and without any light. The evil spirits guard the flower and make the search and the journey very hard and dangerous. The ferns as the species never bloom, and reproduce via spores.
I’ll be participating in a sweet little show at Longue Vue House about Dandelions. These two pieces will be featured. Opening March 9 at 4:30 in New Orleans.
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