Tanya Torres  
Art for Love, Peace and Joy

For Mary Magdalene’s Day, Moonlight Prayer is an offering, a meditation and a prayer.

When I paint Mary Magdalene, I look for softness. I want her iconic face to be timeless, ageless and peacefully detached. I want her iconography to subtly come through without great gestures. Light in the shape of a cross on her forehead. Tears of light down her cheeks. Her voice invisibly shining through her throat chackra. Red for her veil. Skin the color of the earth. I want her to be present in the image and say with paint what is difficult to say in words. Beyond the sto

It’s time to draw another card from the Magdalene Muses deck. Patti’s writings are always a little balm to the soul.

When I look back to those years of discovering Mary Magdalene, and studying everything that came into my hands, I feel grateful for the inspiration and guidance, so nourishing and crucial to my life.

Sometimes, to make an idea take shape, we have to take the risk of making an imperfect sketch…

I draw Mary Magdalene, a prayer in the invented language of the artist. A memory of a bridge to my own inside. A small step in the right direction on the last hours of a Sunday...

Last year I drew Mary Magdalene again and again—dozens of times...

This is Patti Ashley. She wrote the inspiring phrases and thoughts in the Magdalene Muses Card Deck. Her inspiration continues to elevate us every day through her visionary words.

I think Mary Magdalene knew exactly what I needed to get better because there is nothing more soothing to my soul than a conversation with a kindred spirit that understands what I long for…

This painting still needs a few touches. The photo is not great, but I wanted to share it because I had shared the drawing and beginning to the painting a while ago and it stayed waiting on my easel for a long time until this past Saturday…