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Years ago when we first started dating, Puck showed up at my dorm during finals week with finger paints, and we had a fun, relaxing time painting away. Yesterday, Puck showed up after work with paints again and a photo of the Earth, and we painted an Earth belly.
The inspiration was a Gaia statue we’ve seen many times. Gaia was one of the Greek Titans who personified the Earth, and the statue is of a pregnant woman with the world painted on her belly – a symbol of fertility and new life.
The Earth Mama:
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- Paints and the World
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- The Bare Belly
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- Time to Start Painting
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- First, Come the Seas
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- Then, the Continents
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- The Earth Belly Complete with a Volcano Belly Button
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- Mother Nature
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- Our Little World
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- She’s Got the Whole World in Her Hands
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- Room for All
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- It’s a Small World…
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- Keeping Our Boys Safe
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- On the Verge of New Life
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- Fruit of the Earth
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- Looking to the Future
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- Belly Love
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- The World’s Heartbeats
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- Together…
July 8th, 2010 at 2:24 pm
How beautiful!!! And might I say, a very original idea!
July 8th, 2010 at 3:44 pm
I *knew* you are a Goddess! Beautiful!
July 8th, 2010 at 4:12 pm
These photos are really unique. You should enter one in a photo contest. I think it would win! Love you, Mom
July 8th, 2010 at 5:23 pm
Man…that’s really COOL!!! You guys are talented in so many different ways!! AWSOME! And Mary…you are a very beautiful mother!!
July 8th, 2010 at 5:59 pm
It was a lot of fun, and the neighborhood kids really liked it. Thanks to a suggestion by Christina, I’ve taken one of the photos and changed all but the belly to black and white. I’ll have to put a copy of it in the next post. Puck’s been taking awfully great care of all of us.
July 8th, 2010 at 11:09 pm
You two (plus two) are awesome!
July 9th, 2010 at 5:37 am
I love these pictures! You look gorgeous!
July 9th, 2010 at 8:00 am
Those are just fabulous!
You do indeed look like a mother goddess!
July 9th, 2010 at 8:25 am
great puck and mary.i’ll see them fencing like TAMARIZ AND LORENZ DE RADA.MARVELLOUS PHOTOS.BEST WISHES,FROM SALAMANCA,SPAIN
July 16th, 2010 at 4:35 am
I missed noting it on the 15th, but Happy Boob Day!
July 16th, 2010 at 9:47 pm
Love the photos, Mary! I agree with Mom — you should enter them into a contest. And — Can’t wait to see the B/W with only the belly in color. You probably need to frame that one!
Hugs,
Linda