#6. Art, creativity and the power of ritual & ceremony with Vondove
episode description and synopsis:
In todays episode, we are joined by the beautiful Vondove. Von is an incredible artist creating visionary paintings and ink line works that speak to the human experience. Her work is deeply soul-connected and spiritual, often depicting human figures juxtaposed with earthy elements and symbols. There is also a strong connection to nature, healing and the sacred ways. She is also an intentional tattooist focused on creating ritual and ceremony for personal transformation with her clients and she is the co-founder of a group of artists, Innative collective.
We speak about all things art and creativity, travelling and the life of an artist whilst creating on the road, what keeps us motivated & inspired during isolation and lockdown, and the incredible transformative powers of ritual, intention and ceremony. Enjoy!
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Guest Bio
Vondove is a fine artist, illustrator, tattooist and occasional muralist. She is a co-founder of Innative Collective art crew based in Melbourne, where she currently lives. She is self-taught and applies her creative spirit to everything she does, though over the years has refined her work to line-work drawings and emotive visionary portrait paintings. Vondove has travelled extensively and you can find her murals worldwide - planted in street nooks and marked up on abandoned temple walls.
In 2016 Vondove began tattooing and holds the act of marking the skin as extremely sacred. She now delivers intentional tattoo and this has become one of her most proud offerings.
She has a fierce love for Mother Earth and rekindling our relationship to the natural world. Vondove’s messages span from rememberence of the ancient natural ways, to self-empowerment, to celebrating the spectrum of human emotions, which show very strongly in her work. She is a passionate and dedicated artist who has ever-brighter dreams to fulfill. She dreams to paint building size murals and ultimately create art that will shift the world from fear into the power of unity. She strongly believes art can heal us.
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Show notes and links:
Von's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vondove/
Von's website: https://www.vondove.com/