My Winter Holiday Dancer

[browngirl]

Holiday Dancer v 1 My favorite of the holiday cards I drew myself. Note her Eastern pose and Western colors and symbols.

As I said above, this drawing is, at least from within my little head, an East and West fusion. I drew it after reading a lot about Indian and Chinese art, and took the pose from dancing Indian deities. But the dancer is definetely meant to be European and her circle is a holly garland.

I don't know if anyone else saw that, but that's what I put in it, and I wanted to write an entry about it.

Comments

[pagawne.livejournal.com]

I have seen that particular pose in Indian dancing and in Native American dancing, and some wall drawings in the Mediterranean. (No, I don't read history for fun or anything like that.)

I simply took it as as lovely young woman dancing. The holly leaves are more than a bit Celtic
(another hobby horse of mine). I love the picture, and think it is really quite lovely.

[browngirl.livejournal.com]

Hooray for reading history for fun!

I've been thinking for years now about cards that combine disparate symbols in harmony, that reach out to all my different friends with their different beliefs; all my current cards, be they this dancer, "Happy Everything", or "Santa Lucia", came out of that impulse.