Wow, what a great delve into the Sleeping Beauty tale! And I love that picture of you! I resonate with the sleeping beauty story so much. My mother gave me a wonderful, stable childhood and taught me to always be sweet. I always since "sought the spindle" to be initiated into the darkness and blood of life. I might get a tattoo with those briar thorns reaching up my arm....
Yes! Glad you appreciate my take on the "sleep" of girl-women, avoidance of the spindle. A briar thorn tattoo! Definitely a pricking and initiation-- great idea.
Kate, so much rich thought-material packed away here. Thank you! I'll be back for reread as soon as I can manage it. Just want to say quickly that I'm struck by That Girl, especially this, from McGowan: "it’s also an escape that so many of us need right now."
As our world seems to darken, I'm hearing from so many women who are searching for an escape, whether it's That Girl or The Girl Who Hides Under Her Bed. But we need to remind ourselves that to be real means facing our reality as fully as we can. And even though it means pricking our fingers, all 10 of them.
Susan, your comment about pricking all ten fingers made me laugh out loud! You really get it: how we want to hide, but need to wake up. Reality is tough right now! But it does call up the greater feminine spirit, beyond the veneer. xo
Wow, what a great delve into the Sleeping Beauty tale! And I love that picture of you! I resonate with the sleeping beauty story so much. My mother gave me a wonderful, stable childhood and taught me to always be sweet. I always since "sought the spindle" to be initiated into the darkness and blood of life. I might get a tattoo with those briar thorns reaching up my arm....
Yes! Glad you appreciate my take on the "sleep" of girl-women, avoidance of the spindle. A briar thorn tattoo! Definitely a pricking and initiation-- great idea.
Kate, so much rich thought-material packed away here. Thank you! I'll be back for reread as soon as I can manage it. Just want to say quickly that I'm struck by That Girl, especially this, from McGowan: "it’s also an escape that so many of us need right now."
As our world seems to darken, I'm hearing from so many women who are searching for an escape, whether it's That Girl or The Girl Who Hides Under Her Bed. But we need to remind ourselves that to be real means facing our reality as fully as we can. And even though it means pricking our fingers, all 10 of them.
Susan, your comment about pricking all ten fingers made me laugh out loud! You really get it: how we want to hide, but need to wake up. Reality is tough right now! But it does call up the greater feminine spirit, beyond the veneer. xo