Under the Light of the Moon Song of Selene
Original 3d paper cut Cyanotype on handmade paper, finished with 24-carat gold leaf.
This artwork was inspired by the Titan Lunar goddess Selene.
Selene is the Titan goddess of the moon, a symbol of the glorious night, the proverbial light in the darkness.
As the patron of femininity, she was known to have the power to ease childbirth, to inspire love, to mask reality, and to pierce illusion. Mythology also states that she has powers surrounding dreams and intuition, harnessing the ability to awaken and to
catalyse psychic visions.
Waxing and waning and reborn with each new month, the Moon has always been the supreme symbol of cyclical change in the western world. Selene represents constant change, a personification of life's constant changes, a goddess whose presence is felt when the moon is full. In the triple phase of womanhood, Selene is the fruitful mother at the Full Moon who stands proudly between the maiden Artemis at the Waxing Moon and the crone Hecate at the Waning Moon.