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SAINT Doll Artist: Barb Kobe Created 2002 I had been reading about feminist psychology and women's spirituality and I was raised in the Catholic church. Most of what I call my healing dolls have an intention to heighten my consciousness about what I believe and change some aspect of my life -- physical, mental, emotional and/or spiritual. I started with the design, remembering the images on the walls and the altar of my childhood church. Once the design has begun in my head it leads the way to the completion of the doll. As I continued my studies and worked on the doll I started to connect with messages the church was giving to women in the 1950's and 60's and that I took in - that I am unworthy of love, that I must give take care of others first and that I should always be a good girl-saintly. The doll's hands come together over her heart (self-love), and she is looking inward for self reflection. The three rectangles at the bottom have little dolls resting inside, "pieces of herself", having come home after being "spent" taking care of others. I used green to represent heart charka; red for women's sensuality; and purple for spirit. January-February 2003 |
