The work is my first attempt
at menstrual blood art.
It pretty much created itself
in the sense that initially I
hadn't pictured it being quite
like it turned out - I more
envisioned protraying myself
atop a waterfall looking down
- but as I painted and as the
figure began to appear more to
the side of the page and
walking along where the
waterfall and the water below
meet, I realized this "in the
thick of things" portrayal was
much more suited to my
mood. Also, to me, the
pool of water also looks like
a pool of fire - I found
this interesting because I had
very recently had a
conversation with a friend of
mine about the pseudo-morality
we had both been exposed to as
children and the topic of
"hell" came up and about
"eternal burning" - I can see
that image too in the
picture. Additionally, I
like the idea of fire and
water meeting, and the figure
walking through where they
meet, because I feel that that
interpretation expresses the
duality of my Scorpion
personality - the internal
conflict/civil
war between the best and
worst in me, the way that,
much like water will put out
flames, or flames will
evaporate water, they can't
exist side by side
simulataneously or live in
harmony.
The blood itself is from the
second day of my menstrual
cycle, the picture was
completely finger-painted, and
I didn't have a Keeper
[menstrual cup] or anything so
I used the finger-to-vagina,
finger-to-paper method (I
don't know if there's a
technical name for the
different ways to do it).
A bit about me: I am 27
years old, I use to live on
the Lower East Side in NYC,
but now I live near Lancaster,
PA. (I prefer NYC by
far!) I'm halfway through
my sophomore year of college,
and I have two majors,
journalism and
sociology. One day I hope
to help people who suffer with
drug addiction (particularly
heroin addiciton), either
through sociological or
journalistic work, as well as
use my powers of the press to
call out injustices and truly
stand up for the
underdog. I am also
interested in, and beginning
to work towards, writing a
book on poverty in the U.S.
When I'm not busy with
schoolwork, I mostly write
poetry, which is my main
creative outlet. I'm also
really into astrology and all
different genres of
music. Also, I really
enjoy spending time with my
friends, who are an eclectic
bunch, and also the most
loving, supportive friends a
gal could ask for.