Often I get what I can only describe as a 'bleed through,' - where I am having an experience right now, while simultaneously being in the same scenario when it was played out in another lifetime before.
You could wonder if it was a concurrent lifetime as all the mannerisms of the people are the same, except for a knowing sometimes of an ancient time when we were nearer the beginning.
I think this is why I make feather crowns - a harp back to Shamanic days, when as a tribe we would sit around the fire and pass the pipe. As seers we would foretell distant lifetimes and sit and nod at one another.
The gift of prophecy was passed as a mantle down through the generations and with it the burden of crown wearing.
I am one of the elders now and came into crown making and wearing when I was 46.
Each one is individual and painstakingly stitched and glued.
I always buy the feathers in, but everything else will be up cycled - from old clothing, my sewing box, the collage bag, the shed, my sock drawer.
It's great because everything gets re- energised when I make one, because I rummage through everything - never knowing how it's going to finish up, but sensing that it needs .....just a little bit more - sequins and glitter!
This crown I called Infinite Creatoress because it relates to macrocosm and microcosm. It was part of a larger installation where the crown hangs from the branch of a tree - mirroring the superconscious mind and our journey connecting us with universal consciousness.
We are the Cosm of our own worlds which is why I have made two identical dolls - one medium, one small.
Each has their own crown - representing a sacred cage for our soul star. Within each cage three flying worlds indicating our ability to leave this world and travel to others in the dreamtime.I find it interesting how throughout the entire universe and nature we get this mimicry. It must be because we are all part of the whole
