
Inspired
and abstracted from the erotic center of the flower of the Tuliapan
tree growing on the southern coast of Mexico,
"In The Beginning II" (above, from the cover of the
April 04 issue) celebrates the relationship between us and our
ecology...we are the earth; the earth is us.
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THE
VERNAL ASTROLABE
This piece was inspired by a 15th century astrolabe, and it is
about the cycles of nature and time. The circular panel of numbers
-- from 1 to 29 1/2 -- represents one lunar cycle. The interior
landscape is divided into panels representing the earth in spring,
winter, fall and summer under a night sky, and the twelve outside
pockets represent the months.
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Diameter x 6 Deep

THE
BIRTH OF THE BLUES
"The Birth of the Blues is about that exuberant explosion
of energy that accompanies important nascent occasions. This birthing
moment is depicted in the primordial sacred circleacknowledging
that those special birthings continue to reoccur.
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Diameter x 6 Deep

TRIPLE
GODDESS - THE CRONE ASPECT
The Triple Goddessthe maiden, the mother, and the croneis
an ancient concept that describes the three stages of a womans
life. This piece speaks about the crone aspect of this concept.
The hot, red vaginal Vs are connected with the old
womens violet, and they disappear back in space to
a black void. The black center-V represents the angel of
death in a winged form. The bouquet of Vs sits in
a glowing light, acknowledging the wise women who radiate their
power.
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Diameter x 6 Deep
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JOYCE
METAYER
by julie parker
Joyce
Metayer stands in front of and facing her work, feet planted firmly
and powerfully on the earth, hands on her hara, as she explains
how she births her workhow her inner vision emerges into
three dimensions. Literally three dimensions, for these pieces
are intricately-constructed canvases of mind-boggling complexity
[see below]. She explains how she projects her sketch for a piece
onto the wall to determine its appropriate size, then moves forward
and back until the size is just sountil she literally feels
it in her hara. This visceral connection to her work is so strong
it seems almost visible...a cord from womb to work, as it were.
Lisa Sarasohn, on her website honoringyourbelly.com,
states: "In the Japanese language, the word hara refers both
to the belly and to the qualities of character that emerge as
a person activates the life force concentrated in the belly. A
person of hara is one who lives with creativity, courage, confidence,
purpose, integrity, and endurance." I am blessed to count
her among my friends, and I can attest that Joyce Metayer is indeed
a woman of hara. Perhaps it
is because her work is so much about the manifestation of life
force into form that her own life force is continually strengthened:
experiencing her work is a reminder of woman's special gift as
progenitor.
We
invite you to experience her work yourself online at wnc-woman.com/joycemetayer
and read more about her, then join us this summer at one of our
monthly WNC WOMAN gatherings where you can meet her and see her
work in person. We'll announce in a later issue (and via our e-newsletter)
which month you can meet Joyce and see samples of her work. In
the meantime, you can reach her at joyce@wnc-woman.com.
[ See also Joyce's In the Beginning on this month's cover. ]

JOYCE
METAYER SHOWING CONSTRUCTION OF
TRIPLE GODDESS, SHOWN BOTTOM LEFT
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