Soulskin Event

Monica Sandoval, Janet Solval, Anastasiia Budnyk, Miranda Guzman, Hyla Frank, and Michelle Jacobson share their experiences of homecoming through the expression of visual art including photography, painting, textile, mixed media, drawing, and sculpture. This June 2019 exhibition was conceptualized, coordinated, and curated by Michelle Jacobson at the Situation Room in Eagle Rock, Los Angeles.

Soulskin is the deepest most intimate home that a person returns to in order to be healthy in all aspects of their life. One must leave and return from safety and comfort to thrive and feel fully alive. Intuitive leaving and homecoming are natural patterns and processes that are essential for the psyche. What feelings, emotions, places, and activities do you continue to arrive at throughout your life? When and where do you feel most alive?

These six diverse female artists and creators explore Soulskin as a call and response art project inspired by chapter 9 of the book Women Who Run With the Wolves, by Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estès.

“The most important thing I can tell you about the timing of this home cycle is this: When it’s time, it’s time. Even if you’re not ready, even if things are undone, even if today your ship is coming in. When it’s time, it’s time. The seal woman returns to the sea, not because she just feels like it, not because today is a good day to go, not because her life is all nice and tidy—there is no nice and tidy time for anyone. She goes because it’s time, and therefore she must.” (Estès, 1992, p. 308)