MATRIX: THE MOTHERBOARD
Some are tributes, others are drawings, poems. Some ask forgiveness, some grant pardon. Some are simple, other prodigious. Such are the "Letter to Mother" - aka MATRIX.
Interactive at its core, it invites visitors to sit, contemplate, and then write on one of the small paper huipils provided. The concept of Mother, I explain, is varied and vast, open to personal interpretation. 'Mother' is one of the common threads of our existence; we all come from a mother, in human terms. That idea alone binds us together as a species.
Interactive at its core, it invites visitors to sit, contemplate, and then write on one of the small paper huipils provided. The concept of Mother, I explain, is varied and vast, open to personal interpretation. 'Mother' is one of the common threads of our existence; we all come from a mother, in human terms. That idea alone binds us together as a species.
Matrix Huipil Window Project, Bellas Artes, 2016 |
Brothers enjoy their own notes to mother. |
Visiting school groups love the Matrix! |
The variety of Mother terms gets interpreted according to one's notion of the word.
"When I find myself in times of trouble, Mother Mary comes to me....."
A thank you letter to Mother Nature. |
Prayer to Divine Mother |
Mom, you are inspiration. I love you. |
"I never found sufficient words, poems, songs, that can describe the immensity of my love for you." |
... and many just wait for translations because I really don't know what they say.
Mother / Madre
Grandmother / Abuela
Godmother / Madrina
Fairy Godmother / Hadamadrina
Divine Mother / Madre Divina
Holy Mother / Madre Santa
Mother Earth / Madre Tierra
Pachamama / Mother Earth
Mother Mary / Madre Maria
Tonantzin / Mother Goddess
Coatlicue / Mother of the gods
Chicomceoatl / Corn Mother
la Virgen de Guadalupe /Virgin of Guadalupe
Green Tara / Mother Creator
Kwan Yin / Mother of Compassion
There must be hundreds more that I've missed.
Please feel free to leave yours in the comments!
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