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Labyrinth
While continuing to explore images through
drawing and making patterns, I researched ancient,
universal pattern and symbols such as the
triskelion, spiral and circle - ‘the great round’[25],
symbolising the archetypical creator goddess.
This led to the labyrinth, an ancient symbol used
by people of different belief systems to represent
the journey of life, the inward journey into the
soul, or enlightenment, or the path into the heart
– or womb[33] – of God. I have walked different
labyrinths as a profound spiritual experience, and
included them on drawings of people as
metaphors for the struggle to understand, but this
was the first time I learned that they could be
understood as the womb of God[34]. Theologian
Rosemary Radford Reuther claims that the most
ancient human image of the divine was the ‘primal
matrix’, the great womb within which all things
are generated[35]. Entering and leaving the
labyrinth then represents a powerful symbol of
rebirth.
Personally, I have been drawn to the physical,
ritual aspect of a labyrinth which can be walked as
a kind of bodily prayer. It is a practice that brings
together the body, mind, sprit and emotions. My
interest was drawn to the labyrinth for this
project as it is an ancient pattern that is physical
and can be participatory, involves ritual, functions
as an icon in that its purpose is to connect people
with the divine, and is a metaphor for a femalebodied
deity.
Labyrinth Journey 1 (Travel)
30 x 30 cm, relief print using recycled polystyrene, ink
on newspaper, Pippa King 2020
Labyrinth Journey 2 (Map)
31 x 31 cm, relief print using recycled polystyrene, ink
on wrapping paper, Pippa King 2020
Snake Labyrinth
20 x 20 cm, digital drawing with pattern made from a
photograph of a tree shadow, Pippa King 2020