BUDDHADHARMA: THE PRACTITIONER’S QUARTERLY 13
FOR THIS women’s issue of Buddha-
dharma, we set out to feature as many
women’s voices as possible. In the forum,
“Hear Our Voices” (page 40), you’ll
find photos of one hundred teachers
from across traditions. Many faces are
missing—in 2019, there are more women
teachers than we could possibly include—
but we hope you’ll find some faces you
know, or hope to get to know someday.
Your own teacher might be on those
pages—maybe you just haven’t met
her yet.
Italian artist MICHELA MARTELLO (page
114) creates collages, murals, and sculp-
tures that often combine and repurpose
found elements such as fabric, paper, and
even human hair. Once an illustrator of
children’s books, much of her work now
subverts Buddhist imagery to explore
questions around feminism, femininity,
and womanhood.
In describing her process, visual artist and
illustrator SOPHIE LECUYER (page 96) says,
“I dig, I scratch, I cut the road through
the ink, leaving behind this furrow, the
drawing, like a rift that crumbles.” Based
in France, she explores engraving and
hand printing techniques in her work to
tell stories that are imbued with nature,
walking a line “between tenderness and
cruelty.”ABOUT THE ART
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