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River of Longing

This is a recently completed painting in my new series called, "River of Longing".
I continue to work on images of waterlilies and 'vessels', which are boats/canoes or bowls, as in the Evening on the Lake of Dreams Series. But recently the energy seemed to subtly shift into a new series as I begin to work with images to create a new myth which will accompany this work.

Drawing on my interest in and study of Shamanism over the years, the empty canoe image serves as a powerful symbol. In an article in the San Francisco Jung Institute Library Journal, "the symbolism of the boat/ship emanates from what Jung calls, 'the primordial era when the unconscious was predominant and the conscious weak', when myth and lore were taken for factual reality and gods and goddesses for granted as projections of the immutable, incomprehensible forces of nature. Long connected in various world religions with magic, death and rebirth, the boat as archetype has a powerful significance".
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  1. Cynthia MorrisAugust 18, 2009 at 9:24 PM

    Janice,
    I love your work! I look forward to hearing and seeing more from you in our blog class.
    Cynthia

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  2. AnonymousAugust 23, 2009 at 2:09 PM

    Janice, I love this! It's so beautiful.
    and it goes so well with your waterlillies.
    cyd

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