Ruth Asawa Proved That Mothering Is Inherently Artistic

Ruth Asawa Proved That Mothering Is Inherently Artistic

In 2008, I gave birth at home, in the bed I still sleep in today, to my second child; and instead of marveling at their vernix-covered scalp and the fact of their being born in the caul during a full moon, I had an extended anxiety attack, convinced I wasn’t a good enough feminist to be a good mother to this baby who I thought at the time was a girl. This led to a reckoning — in order to love and parent my children, I had to love and accept myse…