Tag Archives: childhood

Morning Glory Momma

Posted on January 30, 2023 by Art for Housewives

Here’s my mom washing her 1959 Chevy. It must have been around 1968 and sometimes people would tease my mom because her car was so old and stylistically dated. And when they did, she would simply say “It’s what I … Continue reading →

Posted in Art Narratives, Beauty, Toni O | Tagged 1959 Chevy, car wash, Chevy Impala, childhood, mixed media drawing, morning glory, narrative art, women’s art | Leave a comment

Prediction or Prevention

Posted on August 31, 2022 by Art for Housewives

When the notorious Calabrian criminal Giuseppe Villella died, Cesare Lombroso, Italian criminologist and physician, performed a post mortem on him. Lombroso discovered that Villella had an indentation at the back of his skull similar to those found in apes. Like … Continue reading →

Posted in Art Narratives, Conditions of Possibility, female consciousness | Tagged Cesare Lombroso, childhood, criminal profiler, criminology, Edgar Degas, FBI's Behavioral Science Unit, Marie van Goethem, Mary Cassatt, Mindhunters, Paris Opera | 2 Comments

Miss Marple, My Favorite Profiler

Posted on March 1, 2020 by Art for Housewives

During the 1970s, the FBI used much tax payer money to create their Behavioural Science Unit in Quantico, Virginia. Not only many books have been written about criminal profiling but the TV and film industry has made a huge profit … Continue reading →