THE CHILDLESS WITCH
THE CHILDLESS WITCH: TREMBLING, DANCE, VOICE, ORACLE, GRACE
CAMELIA ELIAS
‘Don’t have any children,’ the author’s mother said, in response to the question: ‘what’s your greatest wisdom?’ posed to her by her own daughter when she was 10. Forty years down the road this book springs out of investigating just what this wisdom is all about. The book thus offers reflections on the state of being childless. The author’s own experiences blend in with her analysis of childless artists and the part of their work that mirrors particularly the significance of being childless.
In this book, either via personal encounters with the author or across the arts, we meet drummer Zohar Fresco, butoh dancer Carlotta Ikeda, opera singer Maria Callas as Medea through Pier Paolo Passolini’s lens, and filmmaker Maya Deren.
At the heart of the book is a simple investigation: Who poses true questions? The figure of the witch holds an interesting answer.
6×9” | B&W illustrations | 134 pp
ISBN 978-8792633576 paperback
ISBN 978-8792633583 ebook
A signed copy and a print are available directly from the author. The print features a fragment of the the witch installation on the cover, shot by the author in the small beach town of Agger, Denmark.
The image that’s also part of the book is printed on handmade Japanese paper with view to functioning as a magical talisman.
The print carries Camelia Elias’ stamp signature in the form of her own design and hand carving used for magical calligraphy.
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CATEGORY
Memoir
EDITIONS
Standard paperback 2020 | $17.50
Ebook 2020 | $14
NOTE
Essays on art, childlessness, and diviners.
REVIEWS
This book is a true treasure. It has made me so happy. I’m half-way through it and cannot put it down. — MASCHA COETZEE, yoga instructor and tea master
It's just as brilliant and sharp as I would expect of this author’s work! Bravo! — SASHA WARD, translator
The most powerful form in these essays is that they manage to transform artistic disciplines into thought patterns, areas of broad scope into minutiae. I think the best books make us ask questions of ourselves and our views. — EMMA WEISS, The Solid Page
