i also have to add that you have some of the most beautiful strokes i have ever seen. your work moves me everytime, and i am amazed more and more with each viewing.
Thanks for viewing my paintings and giving such a high compliment. That's very nice to hear. It makes me glad I posted this painting, which was from last month.
I can't imagine what it must feel like to have to contend with those who not only are unable to understand your art, but also those who just have no desire to. I've never felt squeamish over what you do, as it is an artform that's been done for so many centuries. I'm very proud of the fact that you, alongside other women (i hope to do the same in the future), are reclaiming this primitive style. It's finding roots.
It has been done for centuries? I'd love to see any info on this, as I have not heard of earlier menstrual blood art. I agree, though, this painting is superb, despite the silly title. :)
Margaret (Peggy) Grove, Ph.D. is an expert scholar on the subject of Aboriginal rock painting. In her abstract to "Women Of The Ancestors: Visible Bodies, Visible Blood" she writes
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Yes, isn't it pretty amazing how menstrual blood has been found to be mixed with red ochre in many thousand-year-old rock paintings. Have you discovered any interesting information about it?
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I agree, though, this painting is superb, despite the silly title. :)
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