Monday Morning 

This compelling woodcut print, 'Monday Morning', was created by Albert Huie, a Jamaican artist. In it, we see women performing their weekly washing ritual. Note the line of strung-up laundry acting as a visual and thematic focal point of cleanliness and renewal, reminiscent of ancient purification rituals—the cleansing of sins. The communal aspect, as seen here, has echoes of earlier, more ritualistic practices, where water was considered a divine purifier. This act of laundering is not merely functional; it carries within it a deep, archetypal association with purification. The cyclical nature of this weekly practice, performed time and again, underscores the eternal recurrence of such acts in human experience. "Monday Morning" touches upon universal themes of labour, community, and the cyclical nature of domestic life.