{"id":184,"date":"2012-06-15T01:07:58","date_gmt":"2012-06-15T01:07:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cjfleuryart.ca\/blog\/?page_id=184"},"modified":"2012-07-19T22:26:41","modified_gmt":"2012-07-19T22:26:41","slug":"notre-dame-du-cosmos","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cjfleuryart.ca\/?page_id=184","title":{"rendered":"Notre Dame du Cosmos"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><strong>Notre Dame du Cosmos<\/strong>, Ange Gardien, QC<br \/>\nCopper, steel, soil, cosmos plants, horsehair<br \/>\n<div class=\"flagallery phantom_skin\" id=\"FlaGallery_sc1_12\" style='width:800;'><style type=\"text\/css\" class=\"flagallery_skin_style_import\">#FlaGallery_sc1_12 .flagPhantom_ThumbContainer {width:200px; height:180px;}#FlaGallery_sc1_12 .flagPhantom_MobileView .flagPhantom_ThumbContainer {width:150px; height:135px;}#FlaGallery_sc1_12 .flagPhantom_Container {margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;}#FlaGallery_sc1_12 .flagPhantom_ThumbContainer {margin:8px 0 0 8px;}#FlaGallery_sc1_12 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colliding concepts; the name of the local town (Guardian Angel); memories of so many roadside shrines from my Qu\u00e9bec childhood; timing &#8211; I was in the process of creating the <em>Women&#8217;s Monument Against<\/em> Violence with\u00a0 landscape architect, Mary Faught.\u00a0 We were fully steeped in Gerde Werkerle&#8217;s ideas about &#8220;safe spaces&#8221; and this natural, yet hidden, corridor did not fall into that category.\u00a0 Cresting the slope, ideas of a &#8220;protector beacon&#8221; sprang into vision.\u00a0 Shapes of the full &#8220;mother-like&#8221; shield, with its spiraling belly and the yoni garden are all vessel forms that speak of\u00a0 passage, transition and safety.\u00a0 Built to harbour and transmit &#8220;good energy&#8221;, this shield stands as sentry for the guardian aspect within each of us.<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Notre Dame du Cosmos, Ange Gardien, QC Copper, steel, soil, cosmos plants, horsehair Having made 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