“the real history of women is unwritten because it runs through our bodies…” (Ana Historic – Daphne Marlatt)

“we give birth to each other…we give it and it is unwritten because it is given”

So this is what I have been working on over the last few days. The idea that history (which was once new news and now is old news) runs through women’s bodies. I had the word “unwritten” flashing in my head the whole time I was painting.  I finished it and it was totally “written”; there was no open space for anything other than what it was – all the detail was in place and ‘correct’. However, I didn’t feel this even began to say anything – so, I went back and “unwrote” it by essentially erasing detail and almost re-sketching it with a paint brush.