These drawings were made after the death of my father.

wax poured onto Japanese osho paper placed over my navel, drawings made on Reeves placed under the hard wax

string drawings made on osho paper placed over the wax drawings, (the string becomes an echo or halo of the navel)

definition of quickening:

-from the King James Bible, to make alive or revive

-the moment when a pregnant woman starts to feel or perceive fetal movements in the uterus, in some cultures believed to be when the soul enters the fetus.