Series 2 - Clown #4 - LGBT Liberty 'Freedom to Marry'

Yes, that's right, I'm one of those many in unquestionable support of marriage equality, freedom to marry, LGBT rights, and Love winning over all. Humanity over religious dogma. If you disagree with these integral values, that's fine, but keep it elsewhere, away from me and my work. Thank you.

Now that that is cleared up for any who could possibly be confused, let's move on.

Recently, in Lancaster, PA, we celebrated a city-wide festival for our historic town, and the cultural diversity housed within it. We call it Celebrate Lancaster!, and serendipitously, the morning of the festival, I woke to the wonderfully shocking news that our country made a staggeringly progressive move and legalized freedom to marry nationwide! 

Then there was Gay Pride.

And now, for the beginning of July, we're coming up on the exciting annual 4th of July weekend, for which I forecast another positive and festive few days.

So, here's my contribution for the Mad Cap Credo in recognition of a minority and the under-acknowledged achieving what they deserve, at long, long last.

After all, this illustrated monthly installment - series 2, is all about "the way of wise fools and punk pierrots, romantic rogues, butch mavericks, and reinvented femme fatales; the indivisible soul, the willing rapscallion. The artful bad-ass." In all forms.

Initially 'LGBT Liberty', I went with a painted, flesh and blood version of our symbolic statue of Liberty's visage. The rainbow is an obvious symbol on the subject at hand. And of course the doves of peace and partnership bearing what is most intentionally a violet infinity shape from two air-born ribbons.

Freedoms should always be paramount.

And celebrate for others!

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Until next month,
As always,

-Mairin-Taj

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

-Mairin-Taj

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