RiTUAL. A ceremonial act ~ Rites used in the course of worship ~ The performance of ceremonial acts ~ The prescribed form of conducting the ceremony ~ A method of procedure that is followed without variation ~ performance with gestures, words, and objects, often in a sequestered place.
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Maryann Riker is a mixed-media artist whose collages and artist books convey a visual narrative of time and memory. They combine vintage images and papers that describe the roles of women, moments in time, historical events and spiritual journeys. Her works are in many public and private collections.
"Music for the Soul..."is another tome dedicated to the ritual of studying the heavens and man's place within it. Images contrast celestial maps from antiquity to modern day images of the Hubble telescope. Birds, scientific instruments play across the surface. See through windows balance between us to view the stars.
