the lotus grows from root in the dark mud of a wetland up through the water towards the light and blooms to beautiful flower on the surface dancing in the sun, the bright of new day, new phase - a symbol of triumph over hardship for the feminine - the vagina, its sexuality, and person having lived through hardship - stigma, hatred, violence, slander, shame, reconstruction, deconstruction, modification, concealment, abandonment - hair, folds upon folds, smell of wet earth, deepest blood - an enchanted environment unexplored, unexplained, unexcited - lives, loves - bes. uncensored. unscripted. with every color, shape, and movement of the earth.

(design modified from Sappho's place at the table in Judy Chicago's "Dinner Party" - tattoos done by Mark Schwalm-Bell
http://www.myspace.com/mbell300)
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