Womb with a view
March 10th, 2008
posted by Ems
- Women’s Day exhibition at Birdhwood House, Totnes until, Sunday March 16
As I entered the kitchen at Birdwood House, Totnes, where the preperation for the Women’s Day exhibition was taking place, it was as if i had stepped back in time as the women (and one boy child who did not seem that interested) were sewing and generally being crafty.
The first thing I spotted was a big tent-like womb. It towered over me and looked welcoming with its silky scarlet outer shell and the scarlet fluffy rug which was the flooring to this bloody shell. As I cautiously clambered inside, being careful not to rip the lining, I couldnt help but be filled with an inward irony – here I was cradled in a large, dark womanly womb when I too am menstruating, ahhh the layers of meaning.
As a woman, I do feel a sense of striving for our potential to be allowed to develop, but as a disabled person I feel that now disability issues need to be highlighted. But, for now, all the power to the women, may they eat chocolate to their hearts content, and don’t let the man get you down.
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