Hayley Labrum Morrison- Tinkling Ornaments

Haley Labrum Morrison

Tinkling Ornaments

January- February 2022

The Salt Lake Temple is considered one of the holiest places on earth to a Mormon, and the physical body is likened unto it: a vessel to be inhabited, kept clean and spotless. These teachings are at the core of a young Mormon woman’s spiritual curriculum, but if she chooses to submit her body and mind to these definitions of worthiness, does she forfeit control over them? Tinkling Ornaments examines the ability these teachings have to blind, distract, and control, leading one further and further from their authentic self.

“As a seventh-generation Mormon, many faithful women came before me and many men were given power over them. I seek to understand the impact a legacy of gendered “sacred” rituals and religious patriarchal authority can have on the female mind and body by drawing upon familiar symbols within Mormonism, images of female relatives, and creative processes tied to Mormon culture”.

***Wanton Eyes***
**36” x 48”**
**Oil on Cradled Panel**
**2022**

***Vain Imaginations***
**12” x 18”**
**Watercolor, Spray Paint, and Oil Paint on Paper Mounted on Cradled Panel**
**2022**

***Ye Are Not Your Own***
**12” x 18”**
**Watercolor, Spray Paint, and Oil Paint on Paper Mounted on Cradled Panel**
**2022**

***A Body of Flesh and Bone***
**12” x 18”**
**Watercolor, Spray Paint, and Oil Paint on Paper Mounted on Cradled Panel**
**2022**

***Tabernacle of Flesh***
5”
**Acrylic on Cast Paper**
**2022**