A Valentine's Day Present

A Valentine's present from me to you.

There are five personalities here that the artist
is honouring as her own.

Love yourself today - and love and honour all
of your amazing personalities!

Oh the Humiliation

Our Lady of Port Weller
oil pastels, approx 8" x 8"

Well much to my dismay I recently found out that I'm not the only circus in town.

Not only did I come across a blog by a real live Episcopagan, I also read that the blogger is a bishop in the Episcopagan church!

A bishop!!

I would have gone with bishrix or bishrina but that is beside the point. 

Which, if you haven't guessed, is my suspicion that I may have come across her before and wasn't as original as I thought in the naming of this site.

Oh the shame.

So to my legion of followers, and that means both of you, let me assure you than I am not in any way, shape or form affiliated with the official Episcopagan church. 

I mean you are always welcome to send money for the cause, but don't expect a tax receipt.

Treat Yourself to a Reindeer Goddess

I finally got around to putting one of my images on a tote bag.

Well I didn't do it personally , I sent the image off to Vista Print and they did it for me.  Because they have printing presses and ink and workers and things that come in so handy when it comes to making tote bags and I don't.

But I have to say it is beautiful - the photo doesn't do it justice.

It is a limited edition of 350 and each bag is signed and numbered by yours truly.

And of course it is my image on the great northern Reindeer Goddess carrying the sun across the sky between her antlers.

Check out the link if you are interested but please check out the whole CSource Wisdom store even if you don't want the bag.  It is a fascinating place and I've bought some excellent items there.

http://www.csourcewisdom.com/Organic-Shopping-Bag-Francie-McGlynn-Artist-p/art-francie-organicbag.htm

She Who Brings the Sun

She Who Brings the Sun
Oil pastels on paper
approx 10" x 10"

The Mother carries the sun across the skies 
between Her antlers.

This is truth.

Mother Deer Mother

I happened to find this video clip in my face book feed this

morning.


As you might imagine this image took my breath away.


The contrast between the cold ritualized church and the pagan

wildness of the animal speaks about the state of my soul.




You can read more about The Mother in Her female reindeer 

garb here.

No Sacraments for You, Faggots

The Sojourner

Did anyone notice?

The world wide Anglican Church this week 
has upheld the traditional version of marriage 
as a sacrament between men and women.


And they have taken some toys away from 
the American Episcopalian Church for actually daring to assume that God loves all of Her Children.


Not too many people care one way or the other.

But for those of us who do care my comment, after pondering this issue deeply, is this:



What the frick is wrong with these people?

Baptism and The Episcopagen

"The Conversation", oil pastels

Sometimes you read something that readjusts 

your thinking.

 

You know, the way one of those old Kodak 

viewfinders moved you  onto a new picture 

when you pushed down the lever at the side.

I just read Martha T.'s blog about baptism.

(link here)

I really like the analogy of finding God in the 

shit.  Jungians believe that is the path to 

individuation and I have to say that I agree.  

I don't see individuation as a goal.  At least 

not for me - the pile of shit I have to integrate 

will take 1000 lifetimes to work through.

It's a process.

But her words got me thinking about baptism 

and what it could possibly mean to an 

Episcopagan.

Is it enough to know that such ideas as Martha's 

are floating about beneath the rigid veneer of 

the church?  I don't know if it makes me feel 

any more warm and fuzzy about Christianity but 

I am grateful that at least in 2016 she won't be 

burned at the stake ...

because such ideas give me hope.