A Journal of the Monthly Renewal Process

spiralingmoon @ 2005-09-17T13:01:00

2005-09-17T20:13:39Z

13 Menstrala

Ruby Red

Before My Door

Galaxy Crossing

Silverfish Spirits

Timandra & Bulis

Far from the Tonic

Transposition No. 1

Transposition No. 2

La Curvia

If My Thoughts Had Wings

Seeing Through Other Eyes

Find the Winding Conscious Stream

Assault with Intent to Commit Pepper

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Menstrala

2005-05-08T19:51:28Z

The Paintings

Title: The Decoder

2003-09-13T00:20:23Z

Some secrets:

Music: "The World Is Bound By Secret Knots" a newly released album - truly wonderful music and lyrics if you haven't heard Noe Venable's beautiful voice yet. She has sample MP3s on her site.

Alchemy: Pearl Ex Pigments, one of which can turn blood to gold.

Title: Transposition #3

2003-07-04T03:11:32Z

This was the 3rd painting from my "Transposition Series" made in June. The first two photos show the painting before I added the menstrual medium and the third photo shows the final result. I added a pearly powder to the gouache-acrylic mixture, which gives a shiny metalic glow to the yellow-greenish paint.

Documentary Film Annoucement -- "Period: The End of Menstruation"

2003-06-30T04:57:50Z

Announcement:

An upcoming documentary film, "Period: The End of Menstruation" will feature several of my menstrual paintings and a personal interview.

This feature length documentary by film maker Giovanna Chesler explores the current state of menstruation in America. The film documents current trends in menstruation that may change the way we think about it: girls have begun to menstruate at younger ages, some doctors argue that monthly menstruation is not natural nor necessary, and many women now consider birth control options that stop menstrual flow for months, if not for years, at a time. Meanwhile, there are significant movements artistically and educationally, moving away from these trends, which teach women to embrace menstruation and relearn concepts dealing with their bodies, menstruation, menopause and menarche. Women and men on this side of the debate see menstruation as a positive, feminine experience, and encourage women to continue menstruating or to stop menstruating naturally through menopause.

The film will debut in 2005.

Title: Transposition #2

2003-06-17T17:26:30Z

Dear Friends,

Thank you all for your wonderful compliments to my first painting from the Transposition series -- branching out into new media while remembering the old.

Tranposition #2 painted on 18" x 24" gessoed masonite with acrlyic gloss medium, gouache, and menstrual blood.

Title: Transposition #1

2003-06-16T04:39:59Z

To those who ask, "why don't you use paint?" -- this is my first from a series of Menstrala that include gouache alongside the menstrual medium. Instead of mixing gouache with water, I mix it with acrylic gloss medium to get a thick malleable texture. I also mix my menstrual blood with the acrylic gloss medium to give it a glossy seal. The painting is on 20" x 16" gessoed masonite board.

Title: Assault with Intent to Commit Pepper

2003-06-09T05:15:13Z

Spiralingmoon Makes the Livejournal Top 40 List

2003-06-01T05:18:34Z

How amazing and exciting. There are over one million LiveJournals and, as of this week, Spiralingmoon is listed 8th on the LiveJournal Top 40 List.

Thanks everybody, and especially LJ friends, for expressing your support and praise of my paintings. I didn't think that menstrual paintings would be so on demand by viewers when I started this menstrual journal. I feel extremely pleased to say the least.

Find The Winding Conscious Stream

2003-05-19T01:49:29Z

This painting was titled and inspired by the lyrics

"Find the mystical connection find the dreams
under cynical wreckage find the winding conscious stream."

~ by Sam Phillips, "Go Down" from Cruel Inventions

The Moon From the Space Station

2003-04-29T04:41:21Z

This is amazing, both the picture and movie. Take a look at this view of the moon from the Space Station with the atmosphere as a giant lens:

http://science.nasa.gov/ppod/y2003/28apr_moonmovie.htm

Beautiful Music: "i gorgona"

2003-03-23T07:32:31Z

If this isn't absolutely beautiful:

http://www.plainjane.org/everysevenyearsdownload.html

from Jane Selkye's new album, i gorgona, by her band called The Plain Jane Trio. What an album!

and half of gross CD proceeds go to the Greek Animal Welfare fund or The Global Fund for Women.

Spiralingmoon.com Overloaded

2003-01-29T06:16:34Z

January 28, 2003

Recently, there's less chance of my website serving a file, a picture, or a page. It's more busy at the moment than the server can handle.

Spiralingmoon.com/paintings appeared on Coolpick.com, part of the reason for an overload of over 7,500 visitors in one day last weekend. The site is throttled now.

If you're curious to see a blood painting this month, I proudly direct you to this fabulous painting by Jedi_Mermaid and posted in blood_art too.

Title: If My Thoughts Had Wings

2002-12-21T18:48:05Z

Title: Luna Butterfly

2002-12-21T18:42:08Z

Title: Windfall

2002-12-21T18:41:00Z

Title: Ecstatic Flight

2002-12-21T18:39:33Z

Another Planetary System

2002-06-14T00:02:55Z

Another 5 billion year old planetary system with 13 planets was discovered!

The article is here.