Card 23  ·  Femessence Series  ·  2023

Kindle

Created 2023

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She came to this process in 2023. Kindle is not the fire itself — it is the moment before it catches. The aliveness that stirs when a woman stops suppressing what wants to move through her. This portrait was made in that energy, from that place.

“Something in her was ready to be lit.”

This woman has chosen to keep her story private for now. Her courage in being seen is enough.

Kindle is the spark before the fire. The creative and erotic life force that had been quietly waiting. This portrait holds the moment of ignition.

This portrait is part of the Femessence Women’s Celebration Series — a body of work by artist and arts therapist Caris Pepper honouring the sacred feminine through vulva portrait art. Each portrait in this series is becoming a card in the Femessence Vulva Portrait Oracle deck, coming 2027.