Mapping

Next week is my mother's birthday and out of the blue she called me up, as she does every 6 months or so just to say that she is more or less "in the neighborhood"--which means she is less than 2 hours away. So as my husband and I drove to meet my mom about 4o minutes away I began to contemplate what I have already been ruminating on: maps of geography and mapping the "inner" or "emotional" landscape of my self.

I looked for some good images on maps, from shops found on etsy--here are a few that interested me:

From http://www.hellobrowneyes.etsy.com/, a 1939 map of Africa. This interests me because I spent three months in Mali, in West Africa in 2000. It is fascinating how much the boundaries have changed post-colonialism.

In http://www.petitpoulailler.etsy.com/ 's shop, I found a NY State Map from 1935 of Autumn routes. Living in the Midwest I suspect I am missing out some incredible fall foliage!

From http://www.copperleafstudios.etsy.com/ I found a great image of a copper map of the Great Lakes. Very gorgeous and intense--and also very visceral.

I am also including an image of a work of sculpture of my own titled, "Tidal Self II" and is made of salt crystals grown onto cotton and maps an inner landscape. The salt water used symbolizes tears, and the tears represent the sea of emotion within.

Thanks to all whose items I have featured.