When I went to Mallorca, Palma I spot mother and baby on the playground




INSPIRATIONS

I absolutely love her
Mary Cassatt
 









 Anna Bain 






















Stanislaw Wyspianski






Paula Modersohn 









Paul Gauguin





Business of being born








ART PROMOTING NATURAL CHILDBIRTH


Hand Embroidered Vagina Feminist Queer Midwife Doula Art by Kira Scarlet

 Scarlet Tentacle





Enormous, cosmic power of woman's body by Monica Sjöö

The painting was based on the natural home birth.Sjöö was an Swedish artist, a writer, and one of the early visionaries of the Goddess movement.Monica was also a writer, feminist, formidable networker and activist, eco-witch, anarchist, founder member.
Her paintings transformed ancient images and symbols into contemporary icons of female power Sjöö's work and beliefs centered around her respect and care of the Goddess, or Mother Earth. The Goddess was "the beauty of the green earth, the life-giving waters, the consuming fires, the radiant moon, and the fiery sun". Sjöö's respect for nature and the environment was not mere belief but, for her, a spiritual truth. The Goddess / Earth is to be respected as the life giver. This respect is to be found not only in her imagery, but in two texts which chronicle her journey through the written word.In her art, she attempted to "holistically express" her growing religious belief in the Great Mother as the cosmic spirit and generative force in the universe.She claimed to enter a "state" of being or of mind where knowledge was available from past, present, and future.She had spiritual experiences, proselytised and, across continents, disseminated information she considered vital to saving the Earth.





artist working to glorify the Goddess and the Earth.

Monica Sjoo

Influenced by past

In Aztec Mythology Tlazolteotl is a goddess of purification, steam bath, midwives, filth, and a patroness of adulterers."Filth Goddess", a mother-earth goddess, human fertility and of sexuality. Tlazolteotl is associated with the moon.

A twelfth century sheela na gig on the church at Kilpeck, Herefordshire, England
The Kilpeck



 On the tower of the Parish church of Twywell near Kettering.
The Twywell Sheela na Gig




References to midwives are found in ancient Hindu records, in Greek and Roman manuscripts, and even in the Bible:
"And when she (Rachel) was in her hard labor, the midwife said to her, 'Fear not, for now you will have another son.'" - Genesis 35:17

"Therefore God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty." - Exodus 1:20

Angkor Wat Cambodia


An example of Hindu child birth art. This mother is surrounded by five attendants and looks very calm. 


"how I imagined I was born."


My Birth
1932
by Frida Kahlo


"Giving birth to herself"

Sculpture Nature

Natural Childbirth

"I want them to be a part of a dialogue and movement that creates change for childbearing women, raising public awareness of issues surrounding birth and dispelling myths and misinformation. 
       Amanda Greavette



















 The Birth Project


Embarrassed  by Hollie McNish




Ina May Gaskin  about fear of birth




Jean Liedloff





Environmental Campaign,China

Great outdoor campaign to create a subtle visual reminder of the environmental benefits of walking versus driving.
White canvases with a bare tree were placed across 132 crosswalks in 15 Chinese cities. As pedestrians crossed their shoe soles were imprinted with a small amount of green paint, leaving behind a trail of leaf-like footprints.Absolutely Amazing!!!







                                   
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