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Cynthia Smith Stibolt Cynthia Smith Stibolt’s work explores spiritual iconography in a very spontaneous intuitive way. Automatism and ancient geometry are important elements in her work, creating a feeling of mystical, uplifting insurance. As I deal with the death of a vibrant young man I am drawn to this work. I feel the need to explore the idea of identity and what happens to ones identity in death. Stibolt is a mystic. Her works are spiritually linked to some of the world’s major religions. Her works are floating calligraphic figures inspired by ancient cave paintings and tribal societies. Her works share with these a sense of human unity, nature are ‘the oneness that characterizes the ultimate reality.’ ‘Light beings’ o