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The language of the Goddess

When I started the project Devyah, last summer, I was wondering what would be a perspective on femininity devoid of patriarchal influence. During this research, I figured my only choice to find out such a perspective were the matriarchal societies in Africa becore Europran colonialism destroyed them, which left me a bit stuck as those…

Spiritual misoginy: Tārā edition

Disclaimer: This article contains observations of my readings on Tārā. Observations are neutral. I can see how you might think there is anger* behind them, but there is not. However, I find it useful to call out the spiritual texts, especially the old ones which come from a time when women were completely disregarded, or…

Who’s afraid of Baba Yaga?

While doing my research for my current project, Devyah, I came across Baba Yaga, a slavic fairytale character that despide her seaming evil at a superficial glance, is actually a quite complex persona… like most, if not all, ‘evil’ feminine characters. From reading Shankaranarayanan’s “Daśa Mahāvidyā”, I can tell that men put all their fears…

Odă dansului contemporan

Tulburarea de visare maladaptativă este ceva definit recent în sfera de tulburări mentale, dar care a afectat oamenii de …posibil dintotdeauna. Și din experienta mea proprie, pare să pornească de la un mecanism de adaptare, într-o prima fază. Cred că crearea unei lumi imaginare este o adaptarea sănătoasă a copilului a cărui minte creează un…

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About Me

My name is Sabina Stan. I am a visual artist based in Romania. I work with rope, paper and recycled aluminium cans and I can do just about anything (figurative or abstract) in the technique I use, which is an unconventional way of weaving.

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