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In Jewish folklore, a dybbuk is an unquiet spirit who takes possession of a living person. The folklorist and playwright S. Ansky staged "The Dybbuk" in Warsaw in 1920, and in 1937 the play was made into a Yiddish-language movie. It tells the story of a poor yeshiva student who turns to the Kabbalah in pursuit of the magical power that would enable him to marry his beloved, the daughter of a wealthy man. He dies in the effort, and his spirit returns to claim his love on the eve of her marriage to the rich man her father has chosen.

Texas born and raised, daughter of informally trained artists and craftspeople, I draw inspiration from folk traditions, especially from the arts of the Mexican Dias de los Muertos, the European Danse Macabre, the Haitian Vodou banner, and the Colonial American needleworker. The paintings and papercuts of my DANZA MACABRA dramatize the reality of death as a part of life that we must embrace if we are to live with our whole hearts. They propose an attitude of radical acceptance--with gusto. Each piece centers on a dance, modern or traditional. Some are papercuts; most are paintings in acrylic on canvas. The paintings and beadworks of the MAGIC CATS hint at the mysteries of animism, in which all nature is known to be imbued with...