#51 Aries♈ met 💪Atlas
'The Southern Zodiac' - Every Phase Collection - Follicular Phase - the 42nd cycle
Aries met Atlas
follicular phase
original cyanotype with copper leaf
(made with the sun, fire, water & hydrogen peroxide)
22 x 30
Rives BFK Cyanotype Print
$1500
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Welcome to The Southern Zodiac.
For this 5th year of the Every Phase series, I have chosen to make art with the natural elements of the place I love most, and the only place I’ve ever felt like I could call home, and that’s Macon, Georgia.
This is a marriage of my physical world, with the spiritual, expanding the view of cyclical living.
I have also reset the timing of the series to begin in the natural new year (not based on the Gregorian Calendar created by the Catholic Church, but our current Spring) starting with Aries - The first sign, fire, the Cardinal Ram, the initiator.
The format will remain monthly with the 4 phases divided seasonally, starting off with the first 3 months as...
Follicular (Spring turns to Summer), leading us to
Ovulatory (Summer turns to Fall), leading us to
Luteal (Fall turning to Winter), then completing the year with
Menstrual (Winter turning to Spring) which starts the cycle over again.
Each season and the element of each sign brings energy that is reflected in our monthly cycles. This format honors the weekly phase of body + brain chemistry and illustrates it's place in the completion of a cycle over the course of the month.
The art celebrates the phase, its place within the cycle, and the cycle's place within the zodiac.
The follicle-stimulating hormone sent by the pituitary gland in the follicular phase inspires learning new things & is the time for seizing the opportunity to architect how we want the rest of our cycle to go.
In Greek mythology, Aries represents the golden ram that carried Phrixus and Helle to safety, and later became a symbol of our inner drive, our boundaries, and salvation.
I have depicted the glyph here busting through the burnt edges of the paper in copper, instead of gold, representing the fire element’s interaction after meeting the Titan god Atlas, known for his punishment of holding up the sky on his shoulders after the War of the Titans.
This piece is symbolic of our boundaries (Aries) in conflict with our ‘safety’, our network, or community (Atlas).
It is a call to come back home to our bodies.
Because there is no other place to actually be.
So where have we been?
During this 2025 Aries season kicking off our follicular phase, I have come to realize
you can be accepted for someone you’re not or rejected for someone you are.
Rejection looks great in copper.
When you are able to experience healthy contrast, or come across people that don’t vibe with you, it’s a sign you’re being the real you.
As for me, well, I’ve reached a point where I’m truly done living the lie.
The one we were all born into.
As I hear the songs glorifying selling our bodies.
Glorifying trafficking.
Glorifying subservience.
Rapping about rape.
Selling ass.
Pretending the soda, the wipes, the shots & the pills aren’t killing you.
Pretending they don’t cause the health problems & the weight we complain about.
Running and looking away from a truth you will never escape from.
Own who you are or you will be owned by others.
In other words, “Own your power or it will own you” — throwback to my mushroom queen mural message below.
Predators & bullies don’t want fair fights. That’s why they go for easy targets.
Then we give them all the power they have.
They take the truth and wrap it in a lie.
They take what’s healthy and wrap it in poison.
They take a beautiful melody and fill it with shit.
The reason we are in this position in the world today isn’t because of the evil people doing horrific things, but rather because of the people that turn the other cheek, and in the name of ‘tolerance’ they accept cowardice.
The silent majority.
Those who continue to ‘go along to get along’.
In the name of, ‘oh it’s just fun’, it’s just a song, or my personal favorite: it’s art.
Meanwhile poison, rape and theft become the new normal.
And we’ve traded in art for predictive programming.
No one pointed out what was there in front of everyone, because it was uncomfortable to talk about.
No longer.
I didn’t come all the way down here to Earth to live as a debt-based financial system slave to the federal reserve, and then pretend that nothing is going on and we don’t live in a lie.
When we say or do nothing in the face of lies, we help perpetuate them.
For those of us who have been silenced in the past,
Fortune Favors the Bold.
And for those who are scared,
Most of you don’t know how brave you are.
See you in Taurus, after Atlas shrugs. 💪
P.S. I didn’t use AI to write this.
Learn more about the Every Phase Series here
More info on the Follicular phase here
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