Rebecca Tillett 6/27/26 Rebecca Tillett 6/27/26

Lorelei, the Nixie

Perched upon a rocky cliff above Germany's Rhine River, Lorelei is said to have sung with such beauty that passing sailors became entranced and steered their boats to destruction. Whether viewed as a siren, a spirit, or a tragic woman transformed by heartbreak, her legend remains one of Europe's most enduring tales of beauty and doom.

Rebecca Tillett 4/29/26 Rebecca Tillett 4/29/26

Ataraxia

The quote on the subject’s chest, “Nothing can be created out of nothing” comes from the Roman philosopher Lucretius in his work De Rerum Natura (around 50 BCE).

At its core, it means: Nothing just appears out of nowhere—everything comes from something that already exists.

Lucretius was building on earlier ideas from Epicurus and early atomic theory. He believed the universe is made of tiny, eternal particles (atoms), and everything we see is just those particles rearranging, not being magically created or destroyed.

Rebecca Tillett 1/29/26 Rebecca Tillett 1/29/26

To the Origin of All Becoming

Before language, before belief, there was a body becoming, a sacred heart, the first house built without hands, the hungry grasping of knowledge of good and evil. And time that shrieks by like a train horn while you pray for more.

Rebecca Tillett 5/25/25 Rebecca Tillett 5/25/25

High Priestess

Hush. The ache before the answer. Hush. Do you feel it? Your ears are like satellites searching for submarines. Single engine planes circling Everest. Challenger Deep is calling. Go. Until you find the keeper of veils and the hollowed truth. Howling the gospel of molecules and wonder at the conquered moon.A moroi is a type of vampire or ghost in Romanian folklore—the origins of the word are unknown but may have come from the old Slavonic word, mora, meaning nightmare.

Rebecca Tillett 3/1/25 Rebecca Tillett 3/1/25

Antique brass openwork frame

Mora, this time with striking gold foil eyes in an antique brass openwork frame embellished with a brass bat. We’ll have this one in El Paso next weekend…unless Mike gets his way and we keep it.

Rebecca Tillett 1/31/25 Rebecca Tillett 1/31/25

Mora

A moroi is a type of vampire or ghost in Romanian folklore—the origins of the word are unknown but may have come from the old Slavonic word, mora, meaning nightmare.

Rebecca Tillett 1/20/25 Rebecca Tillett 1/20/25

Môniyâw

There were some uncanny, serendipitous circumstances surrounding this piece both while I was working on it and after….things that a younger version of myself would call coincidence, a word I have since mostly parted ways with.

Rebecca Tillett 12/12/24 Rebecca Tillett 12/12/24

Body of a Flower: Luna Moth

“The illegality of cannabis is outrageous, an impediment to full utilization of a drug which helps produce the serenity and insight, sensitivity, and fellowship so desperately needed in this increasingly mad and dangerous world.”

Rebecca Tillett 12/3/24 Rebecca Tillett 12/3/24

La Loïe

Loïe Fuller (born Marie Louise Fuller; 1862-1928), the woman starring in this piece, was actually a pioneer of modern dance and theatrical lighting techniques.