Cyberia - The City of Ladies

Easter and the Laws of Thermodynamics

The rituals of the Christian calendar were a mystery to me when I was little. I lived in a predominantly protestant part of the Netherlands, but in my case my parents raised me without a religious identity of any kind. My parents were not of the same religion, one was protestant and the other roman Catholic, neither attended church, in fact both had turned their back on the religion of their childhood in favour of those being explored by my somewhat eccentric and always existentialist parents. By age four, when this memory of mine takes place, my parents were following the teachings of the Buddha quite seriously, and also exploring the occult and paranormal as a bit of a hobby.

I had come to accept Christmas as a time for decorating trees and eating lots of good stuff with friends
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Sparrow girls real life dolls: Keesie from the time I stopped being the only child, Maggie from my second St. Nicholas, and Jamaica, my mother made when I was a baby from my father’s corduroy pants.

All the best.

Dear Edith,

I have created a special outfit to wear at your birthday party

May your life be filled with muse, music and laughter

with love from Troubadour

Of all the legends of the Emerald Isle,
the most enticing is that of Loycha –
save that you can only go there alone
and ever leave your loves and dreams at home.

So I gift to thee a magic feather
plucked slyly from a Myrddin Falcon wing
that you may be in twain a shape-shifter
in form and spirit and divine embrace.

Divest thyself of earthly mothered bonds
while cleaving still to fond hearth and pledge,
and entrance the dancing maiden within
to dwell in Loycha’s pollened mists again.

of course, you must tell us of the trip …

papa faucon

I am not sure what is in the Lemurian Waters Edith darling
But it is your birthday and Enchanteur is right in to the party mood

Is that her looking shocked with the shocking red head dress
or has she put on her glasses to stop the glare?
is she the meek and mild angelic one
or is that her dancing in her birthday suit?

She is one and all
A dazzling shapeshifter
Come to make it a day to remember.

BERNADINE SANTISTEVAN, DIRECTOR OF “The Cry” was kind enough to make a special trip to my blog “Owl Creek Bridge” in order to share some stories about making her Supernatural Thriller based on the Legend of La Llorona.

I am very excited to be able to bring you her story because
Bernadine is a great example of taking hold of your creative dream and making it live.

Please stop by and check it out here:

http://anita64.wordpress.com/2006/10/27/the-cry/

Happy Halloween from

Anita Marie

A dreamy evening in midsummer when moonlight works its magic on a wooded scene and creatures and humans take on magical forms. See the fairies flitting above spreading their bewitching dust.

I created this piece in fabrics of shaded black and white stripes with figures and moon from shadowed batik. Beaded fringe hangs from the bottom. A shaggy black trim forms the tree tops and oil pastels shadow the figures, tree trunk, and moon.