MOON PAINTINGS
Flow of Life is a collection of 13 menstrual moon paintings. For one lunar year, Marisa’s vagina and gravity were her paintbrush in this personal yet universal exploration. She practiced free-bleeding onto a large sheet of circular paper for 13 continuous months as personal research for health and understanding. Each painting is accompanied with a reflecting poem, influenced by her emotional and philosophical state.
Dimensions — 110cm / 43” diameter
Created — June 2021 - May 2022
Medium — Menstrual Blood & Hand-Pressed Organic Indian Paper
* #6 includes footprints from Marisa’s Mother
TURBULENCE
turbulence is thought
to be a primary driving force
in the early stages
of light formation
DUALITY
life is experienced
through reflection
two mirrors see infinity
CREATION
the light of creation
resides deep within my skin
even when looking out
i am looking in
ORGANIC MANIFESTATION
i must move to the mood
of the organic manifestation
i am
COMING INTO BEING
i only seem to live
when i offer myself
to become
I AM
the beauty of perception
is that we can change it
a small bending of light alters
our entire perspective of reality
WALKING THROUGH TIME
but why am i
here, walking through time?
what is the purpose of dying
during the act of every living breath?
FAMILY WITHIN
nature, river of love
we carry the same waters
i carry them red
MOTHERSHIP
the invisible moon
hangs in the sky effortlessly
how do i approach this fear
with curiosity?
AS LOVE TURNS
what if i would name
emptiness ‘Love’?
would i melt
into the heart of creation?
HOME
study of home
learning that when i go high
i will go low
HOLY TRINITY
man comes from woman
man is woman
woman is man
EMBRACING EMPTINESS
and as i consider
my own nature
i breathe my mind full
with emptiness