Sacred Nudes
In the days leading up to my first solo show: Sacred Nude, I have asked poet and writer Francesca Simonelli to respond to my Sacred Nude drawings. What she did completely blew my mind away! Every day until the show opens I will post some of her very special, moving and inspiring poetry for you to enjoy.
Francesca Simonelli‘s poems have touched me and many others for many years and I was over the moon when Francesca agreed to write some words in response to the Sacred Nude series of artworks. Sacred Nude was inspired by a meditation practice that resulted in the healing of body and mind. I wanted to create a series that was dedicated to my meditation practice and the joy (and struggles) I encountered therein.
Exhibition opening: 22 September 2018, 6-9pm
Opening times: 1-5pm every Saturday until 20 October 2018
Inspiring and creative workshops each Saturday
Address:
Retreat Yoga Studio
367 New Cross Road
London, SE14 6AT
See home page to RSVP
Francesca’s poetry is the most perfect companion to these Sacred Nude artworks. She speaks of presence, feminine power, sexuality and love.
SACRED NUDE
Split me
Divide me
Open me
Unify me
Patterns become me
Creator can hide me
In plain sight…
Merge and collide me
Divinity underlies me –
You cannot deny me
Or declassify me.
Just try to demystify me
See that you will quickly
Glorify me
Ignite me.
Recognize me
Deify me
Vilify me
Lullaby me
Magnify me
Liquefy me
Multiply me
I am dark queen
I am the darkness of light
Lilith of the night
You have no chance in this fight…
I refuse to submit
Or blindly gratify.
I am amplified and fortified
I am chaos organized.
I am fertility
And creation
Birth and annihilation
I am open devastation
Cellular division
Peer inside me.
Ride me
Abide in me
Enter me
Emerge from me
Stand beside me
Or above me
And below me
Rise within me
I am mystery
And whimsy
Precision and pandemonium…
I am algorithmic and geometric
Poetic and fractal
Numerical and symbolic
I am woman
I am Pi
I am sanctified
And sublime.
I am written in tongues
And chemical symbols
Scientific and ceremonial
Rubric and ritualistic
I am digits and frequencies
Invisible yet very present
Visual and yet unseen.
Formulas and defiance
I am the ultimate contradiction
Living paradox
I am not quickly solved
Yet I am as complexly simple as can be
The most difficult of riddles
Come reflect with Sphinx
And Me….
I am spoken to life
By my very own voice
Birthed by Goddess
Guided by Providence
Matrix created
And infinitely multiplying
