MELISSA JONES

”When you are looking at something like witchcraft, it moves outside of traditional patriarchal institutions and is more accessible to women and other oppressed peoples,” said Candace C. Kant, professor emerita of history and chair of the department of theology and religious history at Cherry Hill Seminary, an educational institution focused on paganism and earth-based religions. When barred from mainstream social or religious roles, the socially ostracized turned to their own rituals, often coming together to pray or effect change, said Kant.

— religionnews.com “How to Make a-Thousand Witches with One Supreme Court Decision

I make things, mostly drawings. I have been making art for over 20 years. I draw mainly observations and connections from ordinary life. I enjoy the act of drawing with my hands, and exploring curiosities.

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