White Hippo, Ancient Egypt

22 X 30"

Mixed media on paper

1989

Affirm & Deny, Contract & Dilate, to gestate is to make and unmake, create and destroy. Sacred animals were depicted as white (sacredness, cleanliness and purity). Hippopotami were associated with life, regeneration, and rebirth. Hippopotamus goddess, Taweret (literally, “The Great One”), was a protective goddess worshipped primarily in household cults.