Reframing An Old Taboo

by Vanessa Tiegs

 

Why Create Art Using This Medium?

 

The medium is the message. 

~ Marshall McLuhan

The Medium Impacts Human Consciousness

 

The hidden origins of the taboo debunk the negative conditioning honed on girls.

Served to the Vatican

 

As a testament to the power of the medium, the Vatican's website domain requested and served October Flight on November 9th, less than a month after its publication in October 2002.

The Medium Is Ignored

 

Women battle health issues & psychological crises without sufficient support from health or educational systems. Follow the ground-breaking scientifically backed work of Dr. Stacy Sims. 

Silverfish Spirits

 

The first of 88 Menstrala paintings was created in September 2000, nine months after the turn of the millennium.  The collection was originally published under the pen name, Spiraling Moon: A Visual Journal of Pain-Things on one of the earliest web blogs to exist: LiveJournal.com. 

The artist & Menstrala are recognized officially on Academia.com

Cycle Logical Art Reveals Society's Attitude Toward the Renewal Process

The Stage is Set 

 

to give girls, teens & young women a valid means of emotional healing expression that completely deflects conditioned shame. Next generations have the freedom to self-define their experiences of their reproductive cycle on their own terms. 

 

 

Menstrual poverty stresses the need for school programs to introduce mindful menstruation practices.

Renewed Values

 

Menstrala support educational health programs, such as CeMCOR's Endowment Fund. The Centre for Menstrual Cycle & Ovulation Research at the University of British Columbia promotes new medical standards in women's health.

International Film Appearances

Menstrala appeared in film productions:

Period: The End of Menstruation

 

Moon Inside You

 

A Flowering Tree

1st International Menstrala Competition, 2014

With Over 100 Entries

In 2014, the University of Mexico organized the 1st International Menstrala Competition and invited the artist to the jury as a judge.

 

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