Womb Entering

I have been blessed to participate in a six month collaborative process with thirteen women who accepted the invitation of artist Barbara Bickel www.barbarabickel.ca to be part of her arts-based PhD dissertation inquiry. Our journey has explored our experiences of spirituality and religion as multi-faith women leaders. The creative culmination of this experience is on display this week at the AMS Art Gallery, Student's Union Building, East Mall, University of British Columbia 10 am - 5 pm daily.

Woman’s Womb Entering

As Sisters we gather

women entering our circle

of trust and love

Womb entering

mentoring our

collaboration

cocreation

gestation

germination

manifestation

As Divine sisters we greet with reverence

and respect, embracing harmony

inviting spirit into our sacred space

we share with each other our lives

Speaking our language of faith

namaste

blessed be

amen

shalom

shubum

salam

shanti

peace

om

Circling together in this womb

feeding from the nourishment

we hold each other and our work

intimate, open, vulnerable and true

We gift ourselves with time

to connect

to grieve

to celebrate

to pray

to learn

to care

Called to the dance by the beat of the drum

circling, swinging, we bear aloft the images of she who creates

she who wonders in the eternal resonance of woman’s womb entering