Mothers Of Ethereum
On Saturday, 15th May 2021, will open the MOE, Mothers Of Ethereum Exhibition in Cryptovoxel.
Back in March 2021, StellaBelle, StelCart and Miss AL Simpson created a small group on Twitter to gather few cryptoartists who have also expressed that they were also mother in their real life.
Indeed, being a parent is a big part of who I am. I have never felt very comfortable with label — I have, to be honest, even I spent an amazing bulk of time avoiding labels. I feel it is too constraining, brings its loads of biases, and its burden of fight for rights… and I am not built like that — I am very fluid in all I do and all I am — Simplicity is key for me, and the label, does not help simplicity, it categorises.
But since I joined CryptoArt, I feel quite comforting to compass myself and get in touch with people who fight for my rights — I am in awe. So I joined the WOCA (Women Of CryptoArt) and now… seems like I am adding a new cap, the Mother’s cap.
And this makes sense, because my life, my work and my art revolve around it — I am a lucky mummy of 2 beautiful souls, 4 and 1 year old — and my arms and my heart are full. Between my full time job in Marketing in Industry, my CryptoArt and my family, I describe it as my 3days-in-a-day. Me and my husband, have very little time to sit down and relax actually.
This satisfying, because I am doing all I love… but a lot of the time… frustrating… because I don’ t feel I am spending the time and energy all activities and my family deserves. Most of the time, I try to combine my Art with my Family time, so I do a lot of collaboration with my 4 year old. and these are usually my best artworks — Arthur is brilliant at drawing and painting without thinking twice, just having pleasure of mixing paints, see the colours shining, feel the water and the paper scratching — One of the reason he loves the black colour, it’s because it does cover all, and it is fun!
But how many mornings I was rushing to the nursery, after an urgent email I had to send, prepare my son in a hurry, drive him to the nursery, where he would cry wondering why he could not stay with me, and then I was hitting back the road to the office, crying myself — because it feels like I failed as a mum as I was still a full time at work because I like my job. But I felt I failed also at work because with the school and nursery runs I was always late and was asking for a lot of flexibility. And failing in my Art, because I feel like all the time spent here, was time wasted that I could I have spent hugging and loving my kids.
The feeling of failure is something real in my experience of Mothers Of Ethereum.
But, but the same token, I feel proud, to achieve all I am achieving, letting some legacy to my family, show my kids how you can thrive when you have a passion, that with time and energy, you can achieve…
And as my mum always taught me “Quand on veut, On peut” (When You Want, You Can!”
So I hold tight to that thought and hopefully the future will prove my family I was on the right track… and I did it all with LOVE.
The piece I have done for the Exhibition is all about it “The Mother and The Ethereum” — It’s all about parenting (MUMS and DADS) it’s about caring and still looking for perfection, while creating the safest and lovest environment for my children to grow and learn to be the humanist.
PS: The word done by the AMAZING mummies for the MOE Mothers Of Etehereum is mind blowing. they found time and energy to create something tremendeous — and I feel grateful ❤
Details on MoE:
Website: mothersofethereum.com
CryptoVoxel Exhibition: https://t.co/KUqBDxWJip?amp=1
