The Wounds of the Divine Feminine
By; Dr. Anna Biela 17.12.2024 London UK 02:20 am
Lately, I’ve been thinking deeply about the state of feminine energy in our world—how it has been wounded, neglected, and stripped of its true power. Then, almost like a synchronicity, I came across Banksy’s newest work painted on a rusted metal plate.
At first glance, it’s striking—a woman holding a baby whose face reads pure WTF. The breast feeding the child appears to be leaking milk, but upon closer inspection, the milk is rusted, oozing out like blood. What initially looks like a nipple reveals itself to be a bullet hole, with the milk spilling out the side like a wound.
This piece is breathtaking in its raw simplicity, but it also reveals something much deeper—an unspoken truth about our world and the state of feminine energy within it.
The Decay of the Divine Feminine
The rusted milk, symbolic of nourishment turned sour, speaks to the neglect and distortion of feminine energy. The bullet hole transforms the breast into a site of violence and decay, reflecting what has been done to the feminine over centuries. In Christian structures and other patriarchal systems, women have been reduced to their roles as nurturers, birthers, and caregivers, but their full power—the divine, life-giving, creative energy—has been stripped away.
When women are confined to mere function and denied their sacred power, the energy they pass on to the world becomes compromised. The rusted milk in Banksy’s work feels symbolic of this—nourishment tainted by wounds. The baby’s “WTF” face mirrors our collective unconscious recognition that something is deeply off. We are being fed from a source that has been violated, neglected, and misunderstood.
Why Does This Matter?
The divine feminine is not simply about women—it is an energy of creation, flow, intuition, and healing that exists in all of us and in the world. But in a society dominated by masculine energy—logic over intuition, control over flow, power over nurture—the feminine has been corroded.
This imbalance shows up everywhere: in the way we treat the Earth, in the way we undervalue emotions, and in the structures that silence feminine leadership and creativity. Within Christian systems, for example, the divine feminine is nearly erased, reduced to figures like Mary—honored only in her nurturing, birthing capacity, while her power as a divine co-creator remains overlooked.
When women are not standing fully in their feminine power—when they are reduced, as in Banksy’s piece, to a wounded provider—the energy they pass on is broken, just like the milk. What we give to the next generation is not pure; it is laced with pain, with decay, with something missing.
Reclaiming the Feminine
The Heart Flow Art Movement is a response to this imbalance. It is about bringing energy, flow, and soul back into art, but it is also about restoring the divine feminine to its rightful place in the world. Women must reclaim their power as creators, as leaders, as vessels of both nurturing and strength.
The rusted milk reminds us that neglecting this power has consequences. The world is out of balance because the feminine energy that should sustain us has been wounded. If we are to heal, if we are to nourish ourselves and future generations, we must reconnect with the divine feminine in all its forms—within women, within men, and within the Earth itself.
A Call to Action
Banksy’s work, whether intentionally or not, holds up a mirror to this brokenness. It is a WTF moment for us all. How long will we continue to feed from a source that is rusted and wounded? How long will we deny the sacred feminine its place?
It is time for women to stand fully in their power—not just as mothers and nurturers but as divine co-creators of life and energy. When this happens, the milk will flow pure again. The nourishment we pass on to the world will no longer carry the weight of neglect and pain but will be filled with strength, healing, and balance.
The divine feminine is not a concept of the past; it is the key to our future. The bullet hole must be healed. The milk must flow clean again.
In the Heart Flow Art Movement, this is the energy we seek to restore.
The synchronicity of seeing Banksy’s piece at this moment feels almost like a sign—reflecting the very questions I’ve been sitting with. It’s a reminder that art, when it carries soul and truth, has the power to mirror back to us what we need to heal.
