Baroque Medusa

Eight of Moons: Mother Moon Knows Things

I couldn’t get enough of June’s Strawberry full moon.

The photograph I took that night first appeared in the Monarch Duet pieces, Monarch Eclipse and Monarch Vulvaris, but Mother Moon clearly wasn’t finished with me. For Eight of Moons, I returned to the same photograph and reworked it, placing it into an entirely new composition.

Surreal digital collage as a magazine cover concept featuring a glowing full moon with a Magic 8 Ball symbol, layered tree branches, mannequin hands, and celestial typography.
Eight of Moons transforms an original full moon photograph, mannequin hands, and a tree photographed on a walk into a surreal meditation on intuition, chance, and looking to the universe for answers.

The Moon Is Your Magic 8 Ball

If you don’t know me, Baroque Medusa, I’m not only a writer, publisher, and artist. I’m also a devout worshipper of the moon.

I follow the moon cycles and believe Mother Moon reveals, shares wisdom, and listens when you make yourself available to her. That belief became the idea behind Eight of Moons.

Golden full moon glowing against a black night sky, photographed as original source material for the Eight of Moons digital collage.
The luminous full moon that became the celestial centerpiece and oracle of Eight of Moons.

Ask the question.

Pay attention to what is revealed.

The remaining elements came from ordinary encounters. I photographed the tree while walking along the San Gabriel River trail. The mannequin and its wonderfully strange placement of hands came from browsing a local thrift shop.

Bare tree silhouetted against a pink and orange sunset, photographed on a walk and later transformed for the Eight of Moons digital collage.
A tree photographed during a walk became the branching, spectral form running through Eight of Moons.

Together, these unrelated photographs became something ritualistic, surreal, and a little playful. A moon becomes an oracle. Mannequin hands wait beneath it. A familiar tree becomes something spectral.

Vintage blonde mannequin with stacked mannequin hands photographed as original source material for the Eight of Moons digital collage.
An unexpected arrangement of mannequin hands became one of the original photographic elements transformed and layered into Eight of Moons.

Artwork Details

Artist: Baroque Medusa
Title: Eight of Moons
Series: Abstract Distortions
Medium: Digital illustration created from original photography using photographic manipulation and digital collage
Orientation: Portrait
Year: 2026

Original source photographs:

  • June’s Strawberry full moon photographed from my front porch in the Coachella Valley
  • Tree photographed along the San Gabriel River
  • Thrift shop mannequin with stacked mannequin hands
Surreal digital collage featuring a glowing full moon with a Magic 8 Ball symbol, layered tree branches, mannequin hands, and celestial typography.
The Moon Is Your Magic 8 Ball transforms an original full moon photograph, mannequin hands, and a tree photographed on a walk into a surreal meditation on intuition, chance, and looking to the universe for answers.

Eight of Moons is part of the Abstract Distortions series by Baroque Medusa. Made-to-order canvas prints are available upon request. Contact Baroque Medusa directly for purchase inquiries.

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