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1 " When I was giving birth to my son, I had a veritable entourage of attendees, including,but not limited to, my mother and sister. I brought two art cards of my mother’s workwith me to give myself something to focus on during labour. I expected to use “SisterMoon” more than “Winter’s Cup” because to me it is my mother as a young woman. Itis probably my favourite piece of hers and I wanted her with me on many levels for thegrand event. However, to my surprise, it was the image of myself that I clung to. Theone of me conveying utter determination and strength, clothed in old finery, raising achalice above my head while I literally manifested and birthed good things fromwithin. It became, in those trying hours, a vital source of power for me. I see thepicture differently now. “Winter's Cup” as my mother created it has found a life of itsown, far from the one she ever imagined. In the end, this is perhaps the greatestachievement of an artist, of a mother, that their work moves beyond them, becomingfor the viewer a source of truth and beauty with new stories to tell…. "
― TobyAnne Stanley , Faye: The Art of Melissa Mary Duncan