Return to the Void

This imagery is an imagined cellular landscape of my cervix, its opening, and surroundings – the site of near constant entry points for probes, examinations, and exploratory surgery -- while awaiting the results of uterine cancer testing. To relieve stress I imagined my cervix bathed in rings of healing yellow light, golden medicinal salve, and cleansing water all encircled by borders of scar tissue and tough, multiple membranes. I imagined it as a portal to the void, with no beginning and no ending, but just an empty cancer-free space.

Healing Blanket: Return to the VOID

Watercolor pencils, colored pencils, ink on watercolor paper

9x7.75 (Image) 16.25x15 (Archival Matting & Maple Frame)