The Desert Sun Video and Print Artist Interview of Rose Rosendo

The Desert Sun, the Palm Springs based, Coachella Valley, newspaper interviewed me for both a

print and video piece. Journalists Marilyn Chung and Rosalie Murphy were wonderful to work with and made me feel very comfortable.

The footage includes me welding in my studio on my piece, La Luz de Vida. This piece is for an installation concerning ritual.

Here's the link to see The Desert Sun piece:  Rose Rosendo: Sculpting Myths in Cement
 At 74, Rose Rosendo has just begun her second career as an artist. 
 Check out this story on desertsun.com: http://desert.sn/1ySYYLc

The Hero's Journey the La Luz Steel Sculpture

La Luz de Vida by Rose Rosendo

INITIATION is the secondary stage of the Hero's Journey.  This is the part of the Journey where the Hero is tested and faces the challenges to be able to complete the Journey.  For the stage of INITIATION, I have created an installation.  This installation is designed so that when viewed by the pilgrim (viewer) the pilgrim will also be performing a ritual.  This ritual is not tied to any organized religion.  It is spiritually motivated to help us become aware of the spiritual dimensions of our lives and our own special gifts and potentialities.

By utilizing ritual I am creating a journey that will put us in touch with the spiritual and mystical part of ourselves which is timeless.

I have created a welded steel life size figure, (sculpture) called LA LUZ DE VIDA, THE LIGHT OF LIFE.  This is an androgynous figure as the soul has no gender.  The figure will stand in the middle of a Labyrinth.  The pilgrim will be given a light stick.  When the pilgrim reaches the figure, having walked the Labyrinth: they will then light the light stick and return from the center of the Labyrinth with the stick alight.

This winding path leading to the center serves as a mirror to reflect the movement of Spirit in our lives.  It awakens us to the rhythm that unites us to ourselves and the light within.

This ritual meets the longing for a change of heart and challenges us to refine the way we live together; it also provides energy, vision and courage for the world of the 21st century.