“My artistic practice bridges my internal landscape with external reality. I am a psychological and spiritual seeker who believes in the healing power of art, and completed an Art Therapy MS degree in 2025. I am interested in archetypes, mythology, transformation.”
Pictured above: What is Sacred: from Medusa to Ruth to Katanji
2026 = Felt, vintage cowrie shell necklace
This piece honors the importance of protections offered to women and partners who are abused in their home. This work links ancient mythology to the battles Justice Ginsburg fought, to the current work Justice Jackson continues today. In the United States, marital rape became a convictable crime in all 50 states in 1993. Ruth Bader Ginsburg became a supreme court judge the same year.
From Ancient Greek mythology, Medusa was a beautiful woman and devotee of Athena, the patriarchal goddess of war and wisdom. Poseidon, god of the sea seduced and raped Medusa in Athena’s temple, where Medusa lived. Athena cursed Medusa by turning her into the snake-headed gorgon which forced her into isolation for the rest of her life.
Medusa was forced to take responsibility for what happened to her instead of Poseidon being held accountable for what he did to her. Her story is a cautionary, ancient tale that reminds us that those who hold power can control the fate of those without it.
The white collar represents one of Supreme Court Justice Ginsburg’s lace collars. Ginsburg worked consistently over the course of her tenure to protect the rights of women and people who have been manipulated or oppressed by those in power.
The cowrie shell necklace represents Katanji Brown Jackson, an associate supreme court judge who assumed her role in 2022. She wore a cowrie shell necklace on the day she was sworn into office. She continues the important work of protecting the rights of people who have been oppressed, incarcerated, and otherwise mistreated by systems of power.
This piece is a cautionary statement: the rights we have can be changed or taken away at any time based on the powers that be. The snakes of Medusa remind us to stay awake and aware, while they twist and turn on the progress set forth by judges like Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Katanji Brown Jackson. I’m sure Ruth wished she had eight other women like Katanji to help her in the continual battle for justice and balance of power.
