“Princess of Evigheden”
Born April 11, 2024
Dimensions: 9 in. x 12 in
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Artist Notes
“Princess of Evigheden” is a handcut paper collage welcoming the arrival of the new Royal Highness of Eternity. The Princess has finally arrived in Evigheden, the immortal state of eternity after her mortal death. During her time as a spiritual being having a human experience, the Princess maintained a consistent curiosity to the nature of death. Despite being terrified, she remained open to what was deemed inevitable. She knew subconsciously that immortality was not only attainable but of a divine simplicity that was her birthright.
Eternity as infinite duration is an important concept in many lives and religions. God or gods are often said to endure eternally, or exist for all time, forever, without beginning or end.
Eternity is often symbolized by the endless snake, swallowing its own tail, the ouroboros. The circle, band, or ring is also commonly used as a symbol for eternity, as is the mathematical symbol of infinity, ∞. Symbolically these are reminders that eternity has no beginning or end. Keywords include eternity, forever, never-ending, infinite time, and existence outside of time.
Clippings used:
• Background: Galaxy Hidden Hole from National Geographic magazine March 2014 issue. Viewed through an amateur telescope, the Milky Way's dusty center sweeps diagonally across the sky, draping stellar nurseries. Behind the veil lurks the supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy.
• Space image in the woman's face: Saturn's rings from "The Grand Tour: A Traveler's Guide to the Solar System" by William K. Hartmann and Ron Miller. Published January 10, 1993. Arching over the cloudtops like a silver rainbow, Saturn's rings as seen from the high atmosphere must be the most magical sight in the solar system. Their appearance would vary with the observer's location, the time of day, and the season. In this view, we watch the sunset during the Saturnian equinox. We are at 15 degrees south latitude, looking almost due west. Where the rings dip behind the horizon, they are tinted pink for the same reason the setting sun and moon often appear reddish to us on Earth. As Saturn's rotation carries us into its night side, we will soon see the vast shadow of Saturn itself, cast across the rings.
• Satellite of planet Neptune from "The Grand Tour: A Traveler's Guide to the Solar System" by William K. Hartmann and Ron Miller. Published January 10, 1993. Section of book titled "Triton: A World Out of Place." Neptune's largest moon, Triton, is only a bit smaller than our moon and Jupiter's moon, Europa; but it is as different from each of them as smooth, icy Europa is from our rock-strewn, cratered moon.
• Brown eye near top. Women's Health magazine November 2022 issue
• Yellow loops near top and bottom of page: from hair ad in Women's Health magazine November 2022 issue
• Rays of light on right side: photography shot of Colcord Hotel in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma captured by @JVANBEBBER in April 2023 issue of 405 Magazine
• Pink circle from Elle Decor magazine March 2022 issue
• Women's face from Women's Health magazine April 2022 issue
• Green, curling loop on woman's face: from "Automatic Entryways" article in Oklahoma Gardener magazine June 2017 issue
• Lips: Maybelline print ad from Fitness magazine October 2012 issue
• Nebula in the lips mouth: "The Dumb-Bell Nebula in Vulpecula," M27 from "The Picture History of Astronomy" by Patrick Moore. Published January 1, 1973