Made for the Empowering the Woman Within - Contest.
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35 x 50 cm, color pencils, watercolor, graphite, ink

I dislike explaining works and ideas, but since it's one of the clauses of the contest....:

I used some religious symbols in order to make a parallel between power and religion. One of them is the nun dress - an allegory for humility, in order to express that the women are supposed to be the weak gender. Also, there are some pure "feminine" symbols, such as the snake and the apples, who helped Eve to "seduce" Adam. And some references below, in order to show women's power (sexual mostly) above men.

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overcome by your moving temple
overcome by this holiest of altars
so pure, so rare
to witness such a lovely goddess

i lost my self control
beyond compelled to throw this dollar down
before your holiest of altars

i'll sell my soul, my self esteem
a dollar at a time for one chance, one kiss
one taste of you my magdalena

i've beared witness to this place, this lair, so long forgotten
so pure, so rare, to witness such a lovely goddess

and i'd sell my soul, my self-esteem
a dollar at a time for one chance, one kiss,
one taste of you my black madonna


i'll sell my soul, my self-esteem
a dollar at a time

for one taste, one taste
one taste of you my magdalena

Magdalena, APC