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Peace Flow and Peace Divine Booty: Two Collaborative Collages

Peace Flow, by Sheilah McGlynn, Cate Laurier, and Catherine Raine 2016
Peace Flow, by Sheilagh McGlynn, Cate Laurier, and Catherine Raine 2016

Peace Flow emerged in August of 2016 as part of a Journey Dance dedicated to peace led by Shielagh McGlynn.

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Peace Flow, by Sheilagh McGlynn, Cate Laurier, and Catherine Raine 2016

Sheilagh, Cate Laurier, and I started the piece at The Inner Arts Collective, and then I took it home to fill in some spaces and add finishing touches.

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Peace Flow, by Sheilah McGlynn, Cate Laurier, and Catherine Raine 2016
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Peace Flow, by Sheilagh McGlynn, Cate Laurier, and Catherine Raine 2016
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Peace Flow, by Sheilagh McGlynn, Cate Laurier, and Catherine Raine 2016
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Peace Flow, by Sheilagh McGlynn, Cate Laurier, and Catherine Raine 2016

A year after Peace Flow was completed, Sheilagh felt called to offer another Journey Dance for Peace, and I joined her at Pegasus Studio for a reprise of the beautiful music.

Peace Divine Booty, Sheilagh McGlynn and Catherine Raine, 2017

A collage session followed the dance, which gave us a chance to catch up as we tore and cut selected images. We had an especially good laugh over using alphabet stickers to spell “Booty” in honour of what Macy Gray had encouraged us to shake in her song “Beauty in the World.” (The vowels e, a, u in the alphabet pack had been used at my last collage workshop, so two o’s were pressed into service to spell booty/beauty).

Peace Divine Booty, Sheilagh McGlynn and Catherine Raine, 2017

As time was limited at the studio, the piece went home with me for some additional work. In the process, a peace bird, a river, a dream fish, and a feathered dancing figure appeared on the circle of green paper.

Peace Divine Booty, Sheilagh McGlynn and Catherine Raine 2017
Peace Divine Booty, Sheilagh McGylnn and Catherine Raine 2017
Peace Divine Booty, Sheilagh McGylnn and Catherine Raine 2017
Peace Divine Booty, Sheilagh McGylnn and Catherine Raine 2017

Peace. Divine. Booty. All one for a harmonious planet!

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