Layne Arlina

Wednesday, 19 June 2013

A glimpse into my world

A teeny sneak preview into what i've been doing.

Thank you for your emails but I can't give any more away than this.

I hope this satisfies your desires just a little.

Layne x

Summer Solstice Henna Art by Le Fay, Bristol

Yesterday afternoon my body was a canvas for Le Fay

This design is in honour of the being who visited and gifted me

while at Avebury for Winter Solstice 2012

This morning I rubbed the henna off to reveal this beauty

Dreamer, cat familar and destined Shamanka, Le Fay holds a deeply nourishing, healing space

while she draws your visions from within.

Solstice Blessings,

Aldora

Wednesday, 12 June 2013

Last summer whilst living by the coast, I met a man 10 years older than me who showed me parts of myself I never knew existed.

I left him quite abruptly and I'm guessing he knows not of how he blew my mind

Put the Lime in the Coconut

Monday, 10 June 2013

My grandmothers eggs are truly rotten

Remember that performance I did in London back in October 2011?

My Grandmothers Eggs

Narrating notions of fertility and the demise of my womanhood through the perception of my eager family, 'My Grandmothers Eggs' confesses a secret womb-paranoia encouraged by the biological clock that strikes louder each year. Moving through expressions of ignorance to desperation, until I actively leave my dignity, prospect of vailidity via offspring and the intense hope of future grandmothers far behind.

The title of the performance was named so after I learnt that a woman born is complete, having all her egg cells from the day she enters the world. Therefore, when my mother was in utero, to some extent, so was I.

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Well, I've stopped travelling, I'm settled and after 2 years 7 months it's probably time to open the box I packed the props in...