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.
