Darkness of Ignorance: sleeping in Gu

Darkness of Ignorance: Sleeping in Gu.  The true meaning of Guru is "one who dispels darkness of ignorance". "Gu" means "darkness of ignorance" and "Ru" means "one who removes". Ru in the film is nature, intuition, the collective unconscious, subconscious communicating with conscious and unconscious, spirit guides - the white Alsatian dog, my childhood dog, who had been with me while I was inside my mothers womb, I never saw another dog like it, except in this new land where I would see lots of them, the heavens, the constellations, Orion's Belt- the constellation of stars I search for when I travel to another country or continent, I often place them in my paintings, the ability to communicate with another human being who is far away without using words but using thoughts, call it telepathy.  Thoughts going out to those in toxic and dangerous situations may all beings be free of suffering.

Cautionary Tales

The original fairy tales did not have the happy endings as we know them to be, for example in the story of the Little Mermaid, she dies in the end.  In Little Red Riding Hood, the wolf represented sexual predators, and Little Red represented innocent girls.The most noticeable was when the wolf asked Little Red to get into bed with him when he was dressed like grandma. The lesson being, to listen to your parents, don't listen or talk to strangers. In the original tale of Sleeping Beauty, the young woman is put to sleep because of a prophesy, rather than a curse. And it isn’t the kiss of a prince which wakes her up: the king seeing her asleep,  rapes her. After nine months she gives birth to two children (while she is still asleep). One of the children sucks her finger which removes the piece of flax which was keeping her asleep. She wakes up to find herself raped and the mother of two kids.  Cautionary Tales is a modern day reminder to wake up and revisit those original fairy tales whose purpose was to warn society of social predators those suffering from various degrees of mental illnesses, anti social personality disorders and psychopaths.  Lifetime movies seem more like fiction than truth but they are quite common.  This "tale"  explores the pysche of a charming social predator with a deformity his family hides, his targeting of women and colleagues outside of his social network, his ability to lure and bait facilitated by a network of underserved peers, who benefit from his deception.  Once he is discovered and the heroine escapes (leaving is dangerous as many women are killed  or threatened with his suicide)  she is ceremoniously and symbolically buried in the deepest darkest  part of his house and a new tale is devised to explain the disappearance, all that is left of the escaped women are their shells (clothes).

Warrior Women: Art ~ Women ~ Archetypes

~ The Rani ~

On a Jet Plane

The world lies in the hands of those who have the courage to dream and who take the risk of living out their dreams - each according to his or her own talent. ~ Paulo Coelho  #mala #mantra #prayer #travel #safetravel #peace #love #light #lead # Live #Free #Being #NewBeginnings #Power #Buddha #Krishna #Christ #Spirituality #Protection #DivineMasculine #SacredFeminine #blessingbeads #prayerbeads #onajetplane #LifeLessons ♥

The Rani & The Raj: The Sacred Feminine & The Divine Masculine: Blessing Beads Inspiration

I have a love for Indian Bollywood movies especially historic films one of my favorites is Jodha Akbar it is about the Muslim Mughal Emperor Akbar the Great, played by Hrithik Roshan, and the Hindu Rajput Princess Jodhabai who becomes his wife, played by Aishwarya Rai. My love for Indian textiles and gems especially how in the film tons of pearls would be paired with rubies or emeralds. Here I was inspired by the spirituality in the film, the blessing beads which are tear shaped pearls from the earth in Jamaica and combining them with precious and semi-precious stones. I am creating something that gives you power and protection a personal talisman. http://www.facebook.com/storyandmyth #driven #powerul #ladyboss #sacredfeminine #divinemasculine #malagoddess #islandmala #blessingbeads #storyandmyth #108beads #rubies #jade #jobstears #yoga #mantra #prayer #intentionsetting #madeinJamaica #integrity (Rani and Raj translates as Queen and King.)