The SNARL:  Recap of Works by Anna Lee

The creative snarl is a place we all find ourselves at one time or another- overwhelmed and tangled in old stories, new fears, or the unknown itself. We rarely recognize that the snarl is part of the process of creation itself. It is encouragement to proceed and to be forever changed, not a sign that we are failing. 

The core of my work has long been informed by investment in the creative process and the transformative nature of the disintegration and subsequent reintegration of the artistic self through the heroine’s journey. 

Through my years as both a mediumistic painter and beekeeper, I have also found a rhythm and spirituality in the cycles of nature and the wisdom of the bees. 

As my inquiry into alchemical study met up with my desire to know more about the work and influences of artist Hilma af Klint, I came across this 17th-century Latin alchemical and Rosicrucian motto: "Dat Rosa Mel Apibus", which means The Rose Gives the Bees Honey.

We are forever in collaboration with each other and with nature itself. The rose needs the bee, the bee needs the rose. The bee needs her sisters of the hive. The hive is enlivened by each and every bee, dancing her heart in rhythm with each other.