Inspiration: Marje-Leena Rathje

Yes, it's a kind of Finnish-themed week. I want to celebrate the stunning visual artist, Marja-Leena Rathje, Finnish-Canadian printmaker, photographer and visionary. I find her work breathtaking. We bonded over photos of ancient rock paintings. I had gone crazy photographing them in Finland, but I sure wish I'd had Marja-Leena along to take the photos instead. Her eye is amazing. See for yourself and drop by her site to tell her what you think:

This image from her ARKEO series has particularly strong resonance for me as I finish edits on my novel tentatively titled Owl Stretching or maybe Birdhead or perhaps Another Green World.  Bird women images are very powerful.

WLoADed: QoE

Our very own Queen of Everything, Stephanie Johnson, finally has her own website for her fabuloso art. She is just the ginchiest, eh? Drop by and check out the wide variety of images she has created for a vast array of occasions and purposes, like this one for the band Bisonics.

I love the way she has made many of my off-hand loopy ideas into stunning images or turned threads of conversation into concepts which in turn fire new ideas in my brain. Wonderful!