V – Log Week 5 (The year of the Water Snake/Feminine Laughter)

This week has been focused around snakes and what they represent, the historical context surrounding them that have to do with the rise of the alphabet and the decline of goddess worship.  I played with clay and thought about the metamorphic phases that are represented by the dark birthing the light, i played with words in clay and clay shaping words, light shaping darkness and darkness shaping light.  The feminine as plant and vegetable was thought alot about, along with the rebirth and constant change that the snake or ouroboros represents.

April 29th

Pottery Studio (playing with Poppy)  – 4 hours

Reading “The vegetative soul”-  1 hour

April 30th

In class – 3 hours

Lucia Perillo reading – 1.5 hours

May 1st

Reading “Vegetative Soul” – 2 hours

May 2nd

reading “centering” 2 hours

writing mind-term eval – 2 hours

Plant profile on Plantain -2 hours

Shlain – 2 hours, reading notes

Pottery in response to centering/”Books of Ice” article, 2 hours

May 3rd

Herbal class – leaves of berries/horsetail -5 hours

May 4th

“The Alphabet Versus the Goddess” Shlain – 2 hours

“Women Who Run with the Wolves” Heat, sexuality and snakes-1 hour

Pottery studio, playing with herbs, latin and light in clay – 3 hours

Mid quarter evaluation touch up – .5 hours

May 5th

Reading “The Alphabet Versus the Goddess” – 2 hours

Reading (In the sunshine!) Neuro Chapter 5 – 4 hours

Reading Response – 1 hour

Poetry – 2 hours

Total this week: 42 hours