The anima is the vital principle;
source of energy and creative action;
soul;
life;
the woman's higher personality,
her self;
symbolizing not only the animal quality of the natural being,
containing an intimation of its unawakened spiritual potentialities
(bird).

- Animus and Anima, Emma Jung

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Anima House Installation, 2000
MACLA Center for the Latino Arts, San Jose

 

Anima House Installation, 1998
Oakland Cannery Gallery