A descriptive, motivating and funny account of my journey into art, the experiences and emotional triggers that created my investigations of vulva shame. Including some back story of my toxic marriage and illness as a result that propelled me further into creative practice and self reflection.

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How the experience of listening began and the methods of research I used as part of my creative explorations of my vagina. Including personal accounts of what it was like listening with the hydrophone inside my body, my expectations, what I heard, felt and found out as part of the process.

This section shows love and appreciation for other feminist artists, and the art that has led me here influencing my work. I shed light on the personal nature of female art, how it has been ignored in the history books written by white dead dudes, and why these artforms are so important now.

Shedding light on the subtle and pervasive ways that shame and taboo exist in our lives and are upheld from our mothers and previous generations without being questioned or contested. I reflect on my own personal experience with shame which has revealed itself through an artistic lens and how I have changed the way I think and feel about my body using creative practice.

I couldn’t ignore my menstrual cycle when listening to my vagina! So here I give a brief history of the prejudice and current thinking about blood and the colour red which impacts cultural views on menstruation. Reevaluating blood as a life force rather than loss, and unravelling the cultural disgust reflex around our natural rhythms and non-violent representations of period blood.

Why my body is both a muse and a creator, and how learning about feminist art in my studies I related to many of the artists’ experiences. Prompting me to contextualise my own experiences creatively, giving me permission to express them in unique ways, challenging my own creative nature and generating novel ideas.

I discuss the how’s of prioritising the raw and unedited body and how activism is in our everyday choices. I never considered myself an activist until I began questioning shame and taboos which still exist in society. I discuss how these experiences of questioning my own shame have informed my art which has become a statement, has led me to helping others and how everyday activism is not to be underestimated.