‘Reclaiming the Wild’ is a visual and audio cyclical journey with 8 Goddess Archetypes and their mythologies. Each Goddess also has an associated bird that brings a message as the symbolic language of the ancient Bird Goddess.
The exhibition is created as a Rites of Passage where you move through a cycle of reclaiming the wild nature of your Soul, back from the mind made world we live in today with all its burdens and complexities. In our modern day lives we have lost the connection to the pulse and rhythms of the earth and to the way the Feminine, or the Goddess, speaks to us through nature. Through the rocks, the stones, the trees and all Her creatures. Through the wind, the sun, the moon and the stars and the many great Beings embodied in the land. This exhibition is in honour of the Great Goddess, the Divine Feminine principle that sustains, nurtures and shapes our lives yet whose reverence is lost from our daily lives and conscious awareness.
Birds play a pivotal part in the exhibition as you connect with the ancient veneration of birds as divine messengers and the symbolic language of the ancient Bird Goddess, who is also known as the Great Goddess. In many mythologies with Gods and Goddesses from around the world birds play an important part in the imagery and symbolism. In this exhibition each Goddesses has a ‘Totem Bird’ woven into the artwork with her.
‘Reclaiming the Wild’ was born from my journey through menopause where I become a collector of natural things that I found or spoke to me on walks and pilgrimages to ancient holy places. A collector of feathers, sticks, stones and shells. It seemed to me that I was gathering in the bare bones of life. I had been gathering in the wisdom of my life, of the land, of the ancients in a modern-day world that doesn’t honour the sacredness of this time of life. Where the loss of youth and fear of the process of ageing gives rise to menopause being treated as a medical condition rather than a profound rite of passage.
Last year I created display area for my gathered treasures and then the inspiration came through the gathered feathers to paint a Goddess, or Goddess Archetype for each of the feathers that I had collected and bring the bird spirit medicine awake into new forms of connection. As I was painting them it became clear to create an exhibition that also incorporated an audio myth telling accompanying the painting and an interactive, reflective part to the exhibition. I wanted to bring alive the paintings and the stories behind them as the powerful journey they represent and create a multi-dimensional experience.
THE JOURNEY
You will journey with 8 Goddess Archetypes and mythologies from around the world.
DATES
Saturday 19th October to Sunday 27th October 2024. (Closed on Wednesday 23rd October)
BOOKING IS ESSENTIAL
Each booking slot for the exhibition is for 2 hours with a maximum of 6 people in the Gallery in each booking slot. This is so you can immerse yourself in the art, audio and interactive journey. Admission Tickets are £15
COLLABORATION
Reclaiming the Wild Art Exhibition is also supporting raising awareness of the plight of the curlew bird in the UK which is now considered to be vulnerable to extinction. Collaborating with local nature reserve Fenns, Whixhall and Bettisfield Moss and the national organisation Curlew Action.
10% of the admission ticket fee will go to the local nature reserve supporting the monitoring of curlews.
Find out more and booking here: https://www.lisalochhead.com/reclaiming-the-wild-goddess-art-exhibition
