Lilith’s Shawl 1993

Making Art for the Spirit

Lilith’s Shawl

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Mixed Media: silk, fabric paint, heart milagro, gold-colored safety pins, gold thread; Dimensions: (across shoulders X top to bottom edge) 33 X 33 inches, © 1993

Lilith’s Shawl

Mediums, Matter and Creative Practice

“. . . We are [working to] free [Sophia’s] radiance from the darkness of matter.
“. . .the laws of the world of matter (nature) are not the laws of the world of psyche (soul) [but] images apply to both worlds. They are the connectors. Image making connects the material and spiritual worlds . . .
“. . . We humans can be conscious mediators between matter and spirit, we can use our brains and hands and feet and hearts to manipulate things and meaning into life.” (Marion Woodman)
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Lilith’s Shawl appeared as a ritual item. The work invokes the ancient Sumerian Goddess Lilith and invites her presence as a revered ancestral spirit. The shawl as costume invites mediumship, enabling the wearer’s expression of her energy and power.
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Making Art for the Spirit, The Intersections of Feminist, Sacred & Creative Practice; Part III — Elements of Making Art for the Spirit, Element of Art Made for Sacred Use—Lilith’s Shawl; by Gail Williams © 2001, 2016