A Multiverse Of Stories - Moleskine Art

The word Hesteria stems from the Greek cognate of uterus, ὑστέρα (hystera). The naughty uncontrollable uterus was thought to wander around a woman's insides blocking passages, obstructing breathing and generally driving her nuts. Men couldn't understand how a space large enough to hold a human child could fail to interfere with a female's general wellbeing. So by filing every mental or health related complaint ever suffered by a woman under 'Hysteria' Men could generally sit back and pity these defective, crazy creatures. It continues even now. The description a 'hysterical woman' is often bandied about, without a murmer. I am a woman, and my womb has carried five children, A feat no man can hope to emulate. Forget penis envy, I believe men have long suffered from womb envy, let's face it; the ability to create is one only ever ascribed to the highest divine powers. So all men could do was diminish and contain women's role in society.

Collage, my own!

The woman's skirt is a uterus and the flowers she is carrying are lung tissue.

The tree was cut out from a medical illustration of a human lung.

Collage has always been one of my default means of expression. And to those who consider using ready made imagery cheating, tough! i made this series about three years ago, most of them sold but not all. I appear to have focussed on fertility, and childbirth so they need little explanation, but I would appreciate  any feedback.