Geisha Bathing 16 x 20 mixed media on canvas board
Do women of other cultures whose roles are more circumscribed by society have closer bonds with one another, richer inner lives, and more security in knowing where they belong and what they can expect out of life and each other?
In this picture, the geisha come together to share stories and intimate conversations. They share each others’ cleansing water too because they are deeply bonded by their life experiences , which they share so deeply. Each one may have a different way of expressing geisha, but each understand the other in a way that no one else can. They all experienced the sacrifices they made to become geisha and they all continue to encourage each other to dream.
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Joe,
Today I am wondering if the reason for your negative responsive to my work has more to do with the fact that I did give a new interpretation to your personal image of Mary.
It is okay to have a favorite image of Mary, but it is okay too that others see her differently. This idea that we can’t give new life, form, or interpretations to what is already available in our lives is a common thought habit for people with rigid thinking. It is this kind of thinking that keeps people in situations they don’t want, and leading lives they don’t believe in because they can’t see what is there with new eyes.
Your comment made me think about the importance of always see the world with new eyes and that way one can never take any thing for granted.
When you use the words “so-called”, it sounds like you have a problem with my pictures. There is nothing so-called about my work. If it resembles pictures you saw in your seminary, so what? You are right when you say that no one knows what She looked like.
For your information, not all renderings of people, historical or contemporary, are always done from an artist’s imagination. Sometimes an artist will use a live model or an inanimate object, or work form a picture. Since Mary could not pose for my pictures of her, I used a photo of a statue (that I took), that I liked as a model and a point of reference. There is absolutely nothing unethical or illegal in that.
My ability to recapture some of its features was what I hoped for, but my individual creativity is also stressed in my ability to express her in my unique use of oil pastels, my use of texture, and color combinations. You obviously don’t know much about the world of art and how artists create. I am sorry if you are offended by my work, but others have really appreciated it, and I myself am very happy and proud of my work.
If you would rather email me, please eamil me at paliekara@yahoo.com.
I would prefer writing directly to an email address for you. Then if you want to put it here, you can.
Thank you, J.
Marcella: This is a reply to the so-called Marian pics on the cover of the may/june issue of corpus. Let’s start with so-called. No one knows nor has any idea what this character from the gospel stories looks like. Your artistic rendering of the character looks so much like the rendering we had in my time in the seminary both in statue and in drawings and paintings.
Before I continue, I want to see if this gets to you.