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Hi, my name is Elisha

While participating in an art form that elevates the mind, the abstract, and general, it is difficult not to find the body–with its inescapable and messy specifics–somewhat inconvenient. Especially when you are a woman. Especially when you are a woman who just had a baby.

My name is Elisha Webster Emerson. I am a feminist, writer, and new mother. I was vehemently opposed to having children, and then my IUD took a sick day.

Now, I am learning how to embrace my motherhood, while remaining a serious and uncompromised artist.

I hope to share this process through my blog. Thanks for visiting and I hope you enjoy.

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on February 24, 2009 at 8:39 pm | Reply Cathy

Everyday is an adventure big and small. Pregnancy brings such wonder and uncertainty all mixed together. One minute you feel such anticipation and the next you are having nightmares. Sometimes you feel like your life is over and you left so much undone. And then, somehow we just get through it and yes life will be different. But I promise you, when the time is right you will never look back and your future will be so clear.

Thanks for inviting me to read your blog. I can’t wait to read more.

Love and treasure your thoughts,
on March 28, 2009 at 10:53 am | Reply knowledgetoday

I love your site. Keep it up !
on April 8, 2009 at 12:49 am | Reply delilah

I am amazed at how compatible motherhood and art can be. How can we tell the dancer from the dance, eh?
on May 22, 2009 at 4:04 pm | Reply Nancy

love your site even though I am a grandma. I knew I loved it when I saw you feeding your baby and reading at the same time. Being a grandmother is easier than being a mom.
on June 12, 2009 at 7:03 pm | Reply greenseedwebdesign

Always enjoyed your reviews on FB – looking forward to your blogging !

I’m an accidental dad…(my gf came with 2 children…and I just happened to fall in love – a ‘Dad’ role was never on the cards before this)
- on June 12, 2009 at 7:53 pm | Reply inconvenientbody
  
  I’m so happy that my website does not frighten away men. I love men. I would be sad to think that I had alienated them.
  
  Thank you for your kind words, accidental dad. (Your business looks pretty great, too.)
on October 9, 2009 at 8:00 am | Reply david

hi. it’s a long way from camp coldfoot to this web page, no?

elisha – vehemently opposed to having children, embracing motherhood while remaining a serious and uncompromised artist…is that still working for you? are you implying that these things would be mutually exclusive, except that you have it figured out?

i don’t think you need to underpin your prose or talents with such excuses, i like your perspective in what you write and you are a mother if you do or do not. assume you’re being judged and you will be, you don’t need the excuses.

– david in alaska