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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DJ Gaskin is an artist working primarily in acrylic, collage and book arts. This award-winning artist has exhibited nationally, including at The Art League and the Target Gallery in Alexandria, Va., The Workhouse Arts Center in Lorton, Va., and venues in New York, Washington DC and the west coast. In addition to an artist, DJ is a writer and internationally published poet. She also teaches workshops in bookmaking and expressive poetry writing.
The background for Cicada Spring is an original photo of tree bark by the artist printed on Arches Textwove paper. Image transfers of cicada wings, also photographed by the artist, were then applied. The poem, Cicada Spring, is by the artist/poet DJ Gaskin. Book size, closed: 2-3/4" x 3-3/4".
