Series II - Clown # 2 - May Day

Happy May Day!

In Celtic culture, and others, May first, or the official welcoming of warm weather and the summer season, is a time for outdoor celebration, fires, flowers, and lovers.

...'The birds and the bees', if you like.

You might say that May first is the archaic and elemental version of Valentine's Day for our forebears, as ancient as early cultures. 

So, not to put too fine a point on it, I'm celebrating that special aspect of human connection* [See note at bottom] with this month's series II Clown # 2 - Miss Lock and Mr. Key embracing in the blooming woodland, hopefuls, dreamers, passionate souls, poets, lovers, fools, all of us, whatever your orientation.

Take hold of your love and be happy the sun has returned for longer hours!

(If you want to have children, today is a great day for getting to it, as tradition would have it, haha)

Clown # 2 - May Day:

Miss Lock & Mr. Key, as it were.

It was great fun fleshing this one out yesterday, for a few hours.

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Return again on June 1st for our next Clown, Series II!

*A note about content depiction and sexual implication: I am a firm friend to the homosexual community, and alternative love stories and orientations are respected. My artwork is not discriminatory, or meant to be as such, in any way. I created this specific depiction from experience, personal preference, and on the note of biological conception, only.

-Mairin-Taj

Series II - Clown #1 - April Bluebird

Ah, the bluebird. I love birds. And this is a symbol for happiness, not to mention the bird of my childhood state, New York.

April, coming round again to start the second year of Clowns here, marks a nice anniversary for the Madcap Credo; not to mention, April 1st - Fool's Day, and the god of Laughter's day in the ancient Celtic Calendar, for a fun tidbit - is my birthday.

"He who laughs, lasts", said Mary Pettibone Poole, wisely.

The Fool often has a kind of sharp wisdom about him, through all cultures, and I enjoy how the longevity of humor, wit, cleverness, and the invariable insight that comes with that package, is apart of the Fool's pathos. It lends to the archetype's power in the long run.

So when my birthday, or for everyone else, Fools Day, comes around, synonymous notions kickstart in me.

Given that this is the start of our second year here at A Madcap Credo, I wanted to rejuvenate my drive on the subject and do something fresh. The first series last season was loosing appeal, and no longer held interest for me in the approach I had habitualized. Perfect time for a new direction!

Combining all of the above components, you get before you now, a welcoming, initiatory, pleasantly happy, quirky self-portrait for Series II of the Clowns of A Madcap Credo.

Clown #1 - April Bluebird:

Here's to a new year and a second series!

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Until May 1st!

Mairin-Taj

Clown #12 - The Lass - For Pi Day and Saint Patrick's Day this March!

I went with a bit of a mash up and combined a month of festivities that are particular favorites of mine: pie for Pi Day (3.14159...etc), and the verdant cultural richness behind Saint Patrick's Day on the 17th, not to mention International Women's Day!

So, 'The Lass' is smarted up in head-to-toe greens, checked with a clover, and bearing an abundant pie for the assemblage to imagine using as desired.

 

Here's my favorite, metaphorical whiskey neat raised in good cheer to the glory that is pie, Irish culture, and the diverse female half of the world. Here's to March!

(And then it's my birthday on April 1st!)

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-Mairin-Taj