Share a Virgin a Day - day two of this special journey

This is the second day of our pilgrimage

of A Virgin a Day.

I am sharing with you the second shadow box that I made

to capture the essence of my experiences

at both Notre Dame de Paris and

the Sacre-Coeur in Montmartre.

I use different types of wooden deep boxes,

some with custom made frames, others

I assemble from various pieces of containers

and old frames.

A year ago I travelled to Lourdes and the gypsy festival

at Saintes Maries de la Mer.  (you can read about these

on my blog www.path-of-divine-love.com)  We travelled

through small lavender fields just starting and also through Toulouse

and Arles (home of Van Gogh) and that particular blue

stayed with me.

So I painted this box that blue and I put a vintage

Toulouse flower seller doll in the box.

These vintage dolls I bought at various flea markets while in
France. 

She herself is on her way to the flea markets.  She is carrying her

typical French picnic basket loaded with fromage and baquette

and of course, French wine.  She is also carrying an empty

bird cage as she is intending buying a bird.  There is a huge

market in Paris that sells birds on a Sunday.  

On her way there she will pass the myriad of stalls

that line the banks of the Seine.

I tried to capture that feeling with the many items that I collaged

on the frame of the box.  And infact, some of these items

I did buy at some of those stalls.  Here you can find porcelain,

antiques, books, keys and locks, dolls and plants, amongst other 

collectible things.  

I included a background of the Virgin as Queen 

and another small statue of Notre Dame de Paris.

I painted both the crowns on the Virgin and the Child gold.

In Paris I experienced a city in which a great part of its history

and historical religion reveres the Salve Regina, Hail Holy Queen.

Wherever you look in the landscape, you can see not only the

Eiffel tower that is so famous in the skyline, but also the 

Sacre Coeur with the most beautiful golden statues of the Holy Queen,

and a shrine with probably 30 images of the Virgin,

as well as the Notre Dame, the imposing Cathedral that dominates

the entire island in the centre of Paris - and

I have not even mentioned the

Chapel of the Miraculous Medal!

Hail Holy Queen

may you reign over our hearts

and hands

and may your kindness and compassion

flow through us to every living creature

in this, your kingdom of love.

Thank you for visiting and taking the time to
read my words and to gaze upon my imagination.
May we share this dream in peace and joy.

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Maybe you would like to participate?

Please come back tomorrow for another offering.





blessings