About Eve
EVE, the mother of all living…….. if that responsibility alone isn’t enough to already warrant the respect she deserves, the instrumental role she has played in the grand plan and design of humankind, and our ultimate potential is awe-inspiring.
EVE embodies the wisdom that all women possess. She was given the directive along with her husband to multiply and replenish the earth, but she also had been instructed to not partake of the tree of life that would allow their bodies to become mortal and enable them to accomplish the first directive. She knew if either of them partook of the fruit of the tree they would be cast out of the garden, where life was eternal bliss, without pain, trial, or sorrow. As a result, life would be complicated and hard, unlike their current utopian existence, where there was no contrast to the trial-free life that so many through history have envied and sought to duplicate at all costs.
EVE acknowledged that ” it is better for us to pass through sorrow, that we might know the good from the evil” so she partook of the fruit, “that man might be.” She chose the better good for all of us. She realized that it is only by going through something hard, that we grow stronger and are reminded of what we can become. She knew that to feel real joy, we had to know the real agony of pain and disappointment. She understood that to truly love, you must be willing to sacrifice what you fiercely guard. She chose the hard life, beyond the garden, beyond the comfort and bliss, that was all she had known.
EVE, had to choose, just as every woman who has ever lived will be faced with the same choice. Will I embrace my life, and through the struggle, become more of who I have always been? Will I push through and conquer? Will I love, even at the risk of pain and loss? Will I learn and grow, through the messiness of life? Will I ease the suffering and burdens of others? Will I never stop striving to be a better version of who I was yesterday? Will I sacrifice the “easy” to be expanded by the” hard”? Will I embrace my heritage as a daughter of EVE?
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About Her Series
I learned very early on in my childhood that girls could be mean. Because I was such a tomboy, I was different. I didn’t have much in common with other little girls who cared about their hair, loved to play dress-up, didn’t like bugs, climbing trees, collecting rocks and sticks, or who got their hands dirty……ever! Because of this, I spent much of my time, alone, absorbed in whatever magical adventure, I had crafted. I developed a very keen sense of self, that wasn’t determined by external people or circumstances. I was content to pursue what made me excited about life, for the most part, alone.
As I entered puberty, I developed an absolute destain for ” girl games”. The relentless competition, gossiping, backbiting, manipulating, and popularity campaigning that came with being part of any girlfriend group.
There were only a few girls I thought I was safe to laugh, cry and share with, that I opened up enough to confide in and trusted with the most vulnerable parts of my heart. Sadly, that trust was eventually betrayed, and my evaluation of females, in general, was further tarnished. As a teenager, all my friends were boys that I could just be myself around, with shared interests and without expectations, judgments…. or games!
This is when I started to dive deeper into my interests, in creating, singing, and writing. I had mastered the art of content isolation, where I was emotionally safe and secure. My pursuits brought me joy and fulfillment and that was enough.
While the “girl games” can continue to creep into adult female relationships, and even though some girls never grow out of the ” mean girl” stage, I have discovered that there is much depth, dimension, capacity, beauty, goodness, and ability to love in ALL women. No matter their interests, talents, or hobbies, the color of their skin, the place of their birth, or the individual circumstances of where their life has taken them. Because I was so quick to say,” I don’t like women”, as a protection mechanism, I missed out on the added richness that could have blessed my life and expanded me as a human being. I missed out on all the best parts of what deep and lasting girlfriend relationships had to offer.
While I still relish being a tomboy, I have discovered, that women are powerful, compassionate, insightful, intuitive, tenacious, leaders that are essential to a healthy balanced society. What they offer to the world is singular and infinite. It is precious and rare, It is why now I can see good and even greatness in all women.
I am happy to report that now I have many, deep, and rewarding friendships with women that teach me every day and that make me want to be a better friend, daughter, sister, wife, mother, and grandmother. I have discovered that when people ( men or women) are in pain, they inflict pain on others. As I have put forth an effort to find and understand the pain being manifest by those that come into my sphere, it has helped me to heal my own.
This “HER” series is dedicated to every woman who has and ever will live. There are no two alike. Each one has a beautiful and unique singularity. Ironically, at the core of each sculpture, there is a Barbie Doll That represents the societal stereotypes that are placed on women. The beautiful and unique silhouettes that are sculpted on top of that substrate, represent the universal and remarkable characteristics of all women that develop as their true nature is cultured.
The series will continue to be added to until every country in the world is represented by at least one sculpture.
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