From the stars, on a mountain, with the bears, my beads…and paint.
Clarisa Pinkola Estes says, “the doll represents la vidacita, the little instinctual life force that is both fierce and enduring.”
“The doll is symbolic homunculi, little life. It is the symbol of what lies buried in humans that is numinous. It is a small and glowing facsimile of the original Self. Superficially, it is just a doll. But inversely, it represents a little piece of soul that carries all the knowledge of the larger soul-Self. In the doll is the voice, in diminutive, of old La Que Sabe, The One Who Knows.
“The doll is related to the symbols of leprechaun, elf, pixie, fairy, and dwarf. In fairy tales, these represent a deep throb of wisdom within the culture of the psyche. They are those creatures which go on with the canny and interior work who are tireless. The psyche works even when we sleep, most especially when we sleep, even when we are not fully conscious of what we are enacting.
“In this way the doll represents the inner spirit of us as women; the voice of inner reason, inner knowing, and inner consciousness.”
I made this fiber doll maybe 2 years ago. She is my depiction of Black Moon Lilith who teaches me much. I had to rejuvenate her this past week because she was getting worn and floppy. My dolls mean the world to me, they remind me all day that my inner world is always there with stories and creatures and color and love. A reliable place I can go when the world is burning.
I’ve got a new friend on my desk, a new doll in the works for a very magical human. I create dolls to remind you how strong or joyful or wondrous or sad or healing you really are. A talisman to empower. Check out my page in the menu above called Her Doll Way for more about dolls or send me a message at azro@madriver. Did you know they all are filled with M A G I C ?