Which goddess are you? A quiz

This quiz was created for and featured on The Book of Goddesses website. But I thought it would be fun to feature it over here as well.

Answer these questions as honestly as you can. If more than one answer applies to you, choose the one that seems the most accurate for your life. Content is adapted from the tenth anniversary edition of THE BOOK OF GODDESSES: A CELEBRATION OF THE DIVINE FEMININE by Kris Waldherr, published by Harry N. Abrams Books.

1. You have an unexpected evening without plans. You choose to:
	spend time with your family.
	get together with a good friend and have a deep conversation.
	read a book on politics.
	have a DIY spa night.
	create a memorable encounter with your romantic main squeeze.
2. You’ve been asked to create your own job description. Your main goal:
	do something that helps women and children.
	find a way to heal the world.
	be intellectually or creatively challenged.
	make lots of money with perks.
	have a beautifully decorated office, with a view of water.
3. Your best friend is going through a rough patch with her marriage. She often calls you at work, and your boss is noticing. You:
	leave work to meet with her. After all, she needs you to nurture her.
	lecture her to be strong. Relationships aren’t all pleasure.
	tell her she’s better off alone. Who needs men?
	stay late at work to make up the lost time. After work, you buy your friend a beautiful gift to cheer her up.
	introduce her to a single friend you know. If the marriage is broken, the only fix is a new love.
4. You have to choose a novel by Jennifer Weiner for your book club to discuss. You decide upon:
	Little Earthquakes.
	Goodnight Nobody.
	No chick lit for me, thank you!
	In Her Shoes.
	Good in Bed.
5. Your very elderly great aunt dies and leaves you an unexpected windfall. You use it to:
	buy a home.
	travel around the world to find yourself.
	go back to school to get that graduate degree.
	start a business.
	get some ‘work’ done — you can always be more beautiful.
6. Your dream vacation is:
	a family reunion at the homestead.
	a spiritual retreat at a yoga center.
	a workshop where you can meet influential people.
	a luxurious five star hotel with a spa.
	a romantic beach resort.
7. Which of the following film titles best describes your life?
	Terms of Endearment.
	Heavenly Creatures.
	Sense and Sensibility.
	Million Dollar Baby.
	Dangerous Liaisons.
8. Which historical figure would you most love to meet?
	Mother Teresa.
	Mary Magdalene.
	Eleanor Roosevelt.
	Marie Antoinette.
	Cleopatra.
9. Which female celebrity would you most like to share a meal with?
	Reese Witherspoon.
	Angelina Jolie.
	Meryl Streep.
	Oprah Winfrey.
	Jennifer Lopez.
10. At the end of the day, what is most important to you?
	having a happy home life.
	being emotionally healthy and strong.
	fulfilling your intellectual potential.
	living a harmonious life filled with wealth.
	love, beauty and passion

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meta stuff

More semi-boring-but-possibly-useful stuff regarding Art and Words, the website:

1. You can now sign up to have my blog entries e-mailed to you. Check out the Feedblitz link in the right sidebar. It’s free and easy and works perfectly — I checked it out for myself.

2. I’ve migrated the mailing list for Art and Words Extra, my informal bimonthly newsletter, onto Art and Words’ internet service provider. So no more Yahoo group stuff to deal with. This way I can ensure that your privacy is completely respected as well as better control the content of my newsletters. For example, I can now send out beautiful html newsletters, instead of the usual plain text e-mail. The link to subscribe to Art and Words Extra is also located in the right sidebar, just above the Feedblitz form.

3. If you subscribe now for Art and Words Extra, you’ll receive a special thank you gift—a 36 page excerpt from my upcoming Goddess Inspiration Oracle. The 600k pdf download includes 12 goddess oracle cards and meanings, which can be printed out for advance use.

4. I’ve added a new blog category, Retail Therapy. Within it, I plan to feature other women artists, authors and entrepeneurs whose work I like. While I will mainly feature friends and colleagues at first, I’d love to eventually showcase new-to-me art, books and more. If you’d like your work to be considered for inclusion in Retail Therapy, I invite you to send an e-mail with your particulars to e-comment [at] artandwords dot com.

5. I’ve added a new page for time-sensitive events and exhibitions. It makes more sense to have them displayed in a separate area than to mix them within regular blog postings.

6. Promises, promises I know, but I am going to try to post more regularly here. I tend to blow hot and cold with this blog — posting everyday for a week, then not touching it for a month. Much depends on what’s going on in my world; work deadlines and family stuff are especially distracting. But I think that blogging helps me to be more in touch with what I’m doing with my work. It also forces me to be less precious with my writing, to simply get down to it without the usual procrastinating preamble.

Toward that end, I’m considering setting up a schedule: publishing-oriented posts on Mondays, goddess painting of the day on Fridays, that sort of thing. We’ll see how it goes!

And that’s the latest for now.

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National Museum of Women in the Arts review

Here it is at last!

And it was published on page eight of the magazine, right across from a review of Diana Krall’s latest. Nice company!

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goddess painting of the day: Sophia (with a side of Psyche)

I was fortunate to have the opportunity to paint Sophia, goddess of wisdom, for the recent reissue of The Book of Goddesses. Sophia is also associated in gnosticism with the holy spirit, which often takes the form of a dove.

Interestingly, my model for Sophia also modeled for Psyche in The Lover’s Path. Do you see a resemblance?

When I describe my creative process, I’ve mentioned that I usually use models that I know personally. Usually there’s something about them that reminds me of the deity or character they’re posing for, a quality that is often times more intangible than physical.

My model for both Sophia and Psyche was Christy Vaughn, a friend whom I know from the Brooklyn Symphony Orchestra — she’s the principal violist. She’s also one of the most genuine, patient and nicest people I know. Thanks, Christy!

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the multitalented Annmaria

I forgot to mention in my last post that Annmaria Mazzini (the luminous dancer in the Paul Taylor Dance Company photo) is also a gifted jewelry designer. She creates pieces inspired by goddesses and other aspects of the Divine Feminine.

Here is a necklace she entitled Cloudbursting. She writes that it is intended to connect the wearer to spirit, to remind them that the sun will come out soon. A wonderful message for those of us who are sick of winter in spirit and form.

Here is a detail from a necklace entitled Moon Daughter, which is inspired by the goddess Diana. I especially love the detail work on this piece.

You can learn more about Annmaria’s beautiful work (and maybe acquire a necklace or two) at www.annmaria.com.

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