Medicine

It is snowing profusly outside my little attic bedroom window and I have decided stay in and be cozy this evening (warm carrot cake? yes?) so, lets talk about this lovely woman for a moment

(via last.fm)

She is a musician/creator/spiritual guide and her name is Mariee Sioux. She is originally from California and has been writing music since she was a child. Her music has a strong indigenous element to it (probibly helped along by the traditional Native American flute played by Gentle Thunder on her albums, and the fact that she is of Mexican descent) and is deeply earthy and spiritual. Alot of her music seems to have a chant-like quality as it meditatively repeats sounds,words, and rythms. This makes it a perfect accompanyment to twilight relaxation, nature walks, painting, ritual...or anything mindful and calm really. I have been enjoying her album Face in the Rocks alot lately...it seems to resonate with the darkness of winter because there is something distantly wayward about her aesthtic. It is suiting that she takes inspiration from cultures which have become somewhat obscured by the hustle-and-bustle plastic pumping culture so many of us live in. Her music becomes a sweet and mindful escape. She's really turned on.

You know how sometimes a specific song just perfectly aligns with you? Like its part of your spinal chord, straight down your center? Like its about every part of you? I feel that way about her song Buried in Teeth. Her poetic lyrics bring you deep down below the earth through layers of buried teeth, ancient thunder, bird wing bones, fossilized antlers... as if trancending your own skin and muscles.

"...a pack of ghost wolves gonna bring you under/ down past the stomachs filled with berries/ swallowed down into the gut of centuries".

Her poster art is also cosmic and something to note, such as this one. I love the fiery colors and fierce eyes (couldn't find who made this one...anyone know?) via:naturalismo

madeleine

Welcome

I have decided to begin this blog as a way of sharing my own original artworks/musings/creative creations. I feel some slight trepidation about begining it because I do not always enjoy spending long amounts of time on the internet or on my computer for that matter. Thus, I expect that this blog may be somewhat slow and steady. The internet simply seems to be the best avenue in which to spread awareness about these things , espeically as it becomes more and more vernacular on a widespread and personal level. I'm actually taking a class called Folklore and the Internet which discusses this very issue. I have read alot of blogs on which the authors seem to be able to maintain an organic/folk-like flow which I certainly hope to embody.


I currently live in Detroit, Michigan and have been an artist for as long as I can remember. I have had a few art shows, but I mostly feel that my journey as an artist and only just begun.


I hope that you will enjoy what you see on this site and feel free to comment/respond. There is a very very good possibility that I will end up doing more things than just posting pictures of my art on this blog--lets hope it grows like weeds and becomes many different things!

To start things off, here is a piece that I did a few years ago when I was taking this really great art class in highschool with the ever calm and peaceful Mr.Lemenu. At the end of every year he would draw portraits of everyone in the class, shrink them down and place them all side-by-side, make copies, and hand them out to everyone. Such a great keepsake! I still have mine.


I had DELICIOUS ethiopean food tonight with my mom,brother and cousin for my birthday. Those spices are dangerous! They can enchant you--be careful. You may find yourself dancing uncontrollably or having a strong urge to profess your love to someone...


(via: Blue Nile)

Madeleine