Grandma
2016
Oil on canvas
SOLD “Dreams are the guiding words of the soul” (Jung 233) – The Red Book
For over a year I have felt this intense presence of my father’s mother. I have never met her, but I feel we are made of the same ingredients. Like myself she was an Aries woman ridden with anxiety and depression in times of her life. I had a psychic tell me she needed to speak to me about a year prior, and she gave me a Wicken ritual to connect to her. This type of ritual and culture did not resonate with my rhythm. Instead I looked toward a mentor of mine who is much a part of the Ojibwa community. My Great Great Great Grandmother was Indigenous, so I feel more drawn to the rituals of her heritage. She told me to ask my grandmother to come into my dreams.
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