from the beginning of time, Women have been trained to deaden their instincts, agency, and intuition all in the favor of male comfort. The “home” is a chimera, designed by men, a lesser kingdom that men strategized so that women might feel some control, a placating a beast: a prize only when a woman chooses it for real.
a Patriarchal society wants women silent and grateful and sacrificial.
We are spooned “security” and we forfeit our agency.
The luna moth symbolizes the Ideal Woman in a man’s world: mouthless: unable to eat, unable to about. Stomachless: unable to sustain itself. Alive solely to breed, and then die.
The crow symbolizes the opposite: a cunning omnivore who is loud as hell. Sharp, clever, disruptive. This is my ideal woman.
The human woman has to decide who she will listen to.
oil on Masonite board
11x13 inches
from the beginning of time, Women have been trained to deaden their instincts, agency, and intuition all in the favor of male comfort. The “home” is a chimera, designed by men, a lesser kingdom that men strategized so that women might feel some control, a placating a beast: a prize only when a woman chooses it for real.
a Patriarchal society wants women silent and grateful and sacrificial.
We are spooned “security” and we forfeit our agency.
The luna moth symbolizes the Ideal Woman in a man’s world: mouthless: unable to eat, unable to about. Stomachless: unable to sustain itself. Alive solely to breed, and then die.
The crow symbolizes the opposite: a cunning omnivore who is loud as hell. Sharp, clever, disruptive. This is my ideal woman.
The human woman has to decide who she will listen to.
oil on Masonite board
11x13 inches
