May Exhibition Honoring the Spirit of the Feminine

. . . Community of Women

After I came home from a retreat celebrating women several years back, I attempted to capture the spirit of those days in the high desert in the painting, “Sacred Circles.” Though we began as strangers, I marveled at how quickly we fell into laughter and easy conversation that opened up into heart-felt sharing as naturally as a rose opens it’s petals in the warmth of a summer day.

In time past women lived in the same household . . . Grandma baked while mother rocked the little girl in her arms and the older sibling studied her reader. Those days are gone, and the structure of modern life encourages a kind of isolation. What hasn’t left is our need for each other. We women share a common journey of the heart. I have suffered loss when I’ve isolated myself from the community of women and conversely have found rich reward in remembering and creating a space in my life for relationship with fellow female travelers.