Monday, June 1, 2015

Series 2 - Clown #3 - Crab Jab

When I'm pushed too far, a "sod off" sentiment is what comes boiling up, and the jab comes out.

You might say we are all, in our own way, familiar with what can bring us to that point.

In my fascination with women's boxing and the education in primal self-defense, I've come across the term "southpaw", which is to define those in boxing that, either through training or from natural dominance, fight left-handed. Left-handers throw everything off, and to the right-dominant world, it comes off as just..."wrong". (I am ambidextrous in many things, with a right-hand inclination for art and writing).

There is something mean and final about the southpaw jab. I almost named this redhead "Southpaw", but I wanted the title to reflect more of the crab and the cancer zodiac association...Which, by the way, is a conceptual, happy accident, not anything to do with some predisposition towards astrology. I don't put much stock in the mysticism of astrology, on the whole. The archetypal language is great for visual story-telling though!

I was fresh from a rotten argument and this image of a self-sovereign woman putting up her ready claw as if putting up the English two fingers, and snarling, was an immediate vision for me.

After some conceptual editing and practical application, this is what came of the thought, for Clown #3 - Crab Jab:



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-Mairin-Taj

Friday, May 1, 2015

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


Wednesday, April 1, 2015

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