Undoing An Upbring! (2)

Valerie Baber, adult actress, educator and student of several disciplines

seated here March 18, 2013.

For many men, who know her name Valerie Baber is a porn star. Her lifetime interests and developmental process in psychology, travel, cultural criticism, literature, philosophy, human sexuality, media, sociology, photography offset something fundamental in the definition: porn star. In her life work she has become an Agent Provocateur. But, that is too limiting. I wrote her once saying: "You have made a compelling impact upon thousands of people beginning with first steps you took in your youth unlearning the patterns of a belief system. It is a commentary of a fundamental focus Life gives us: we can change from within!" Specifically, I was referring to her strict Christian and military upbringing that confined her sexual energies, and other creative possibilities into an unbearable aloneness. 

Many do not escape this, but she did. The question: "How? How did she do it?" goes unanswered by millions, who seem content to die without becoming themselves, or Life has confined them to the narrow places. ~ Gregory E. Woods, Keeper of Stories 4/26/18  

the Riddle in "HOW?" 

"How is it that we can punish women who are paid by politicians yet allow freedom and forgiveness to the politicians who pay them? The irony of the situation is that if we allow Sptizer’s deep pockets to buy his way back into our homes and hearts, then it’s not young women he hired who are whores, it’s the people of New York." — Valerie Baber

A look at Shadow.

photographer Rick Crank took this photo of Jeanene Ruffin in the shadows.

Undoing An Upbringing!

Valerie Baber, adult actress and educator in December 2016

was born to a military family June 28, 1980.

Born in Fort Belvoir, VA, Valerie Baber and her family left there soon after due to the relocation of her father, who was in the military. After a residence in Twentynine Palms, CA, she moved to Oklahoma where she stayed for 15 years. During her time there she studied acting and landed the first of several modeling job at the age of 16. After completing her first year at the University of Oklahoma, she left for a brief stay in Arizona before finally making her way to Los Angeles at the age of 19.

She took her first glamour modeling job shortly thereafter, which opened the doors to her career as an adult TV personality and model. She's been featured as a host on the Playboy TV series Sexcetera and has played supporting and featured roles in a number of other TV shows and independent films, such as Emmanuelle the Private Collection: Emmanuelle vs. Dracula, Emmanuelle Private Collection: Sexual Spells and Submission. In addition, she was voted Miss Hot Rod 2004 by the readers of "Hot Rod" magazine and has appeared in a number of print and online publications.

During her decade off screen, Valerie lived in New York, New Jersey and England, where she completed two degrees in writing and a certificate in digital publishing from New York University. She also gained script worthy experience that she discusses in her published essays, articles, and her erotic memoir, "An Escort Story". As of 2015, Valerie has returned to Los Angeles where she works as a sexuality writer and intimacy coach. In 2016 she began training for certification under the tutelage of sex therapist and former actress Dr. Ava Cadell.

More of her personal story can be read on her website: www.valeriebaber.com! 

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What is Said without Words.

Michelle Forbes played a formidable role in the series True Blood that made my blood coil, and imagination move!" - Gregory E. Woods, Keeper of Stories 

Mila Kunis must be her own mystique. How we understand this is from a merit system we own, or don't have as men in our concept of our manhood! - Gregory E. Woods, Keeper of Stories 6/26/18

Hilda by Duane Bryers was a popular pin up in the mid-50's until the 1980's and most of us don't remember, or like me, didn't know! - Dawn Wolf, Keeper of Stories 

Getting Old Early.

Young people making a fad of grey hair miss the point of direction. One may play grown up as a child, or doctor when little, but adulthood is for the game of existence moving through the stages as processes. One cannot pretend to have earned a symbol of maturity dyeing one's hair. The law of growth has its passages.... - Gregory E. Woods, Keeper of Stories 

Jessica Lange, at 64!

Kathie Lee Gifford preparing for a segment!

a Lady has her way of being one.

a Conceptual Flow in ART.

Waterfall series by Roland Dawson. Model, Ashley Cosby. April 2018.

"The fall of water's languages includes flow, movement and life moving without stop. How water is feminine energy is how Creatress formed She from Earth, our Mother. What knowing She enjoys." - Dawn Wolf, Keeper of Stories 4/29/18

Water song. Gorgeously Nelly by Roland Dawson. 2017

a Look, a Feel to Her...

Monica Bellucci composed somewhere in Ischia is gorgeous in this floral Dolce & Gabbana dress. At 50 years of age it is even more captivating the perspective she holds sway over how she looks to the eye! - Dawn Wolf, Keeper of Stories 6/26/18 

Analysis of Bonjour Tristesse

Bonjour tristesse

by

Françoise Sagan

" In the first of this two-part novella, I found myself charmed by Sagan’s poetic narrative more so than the story. The story itself was interesting as it portrayed a young, well-to-do French girl enjoying a Mediterranean party lifestyle free of responsibility. The family composition and moral attitude not typical for the 1950’s era it was written in also contributed to the interest of this story. However, when the setting and situation of a motherless girl partying with her playboy father on the French Riveria was stripped away the story actually struck me as a story depicting something very normal.
Teen angst, confusion, a question of responsibility and sexual experimentation are all highlighted in this book.

Seventeen-year-old protagonist, Cecile, was essentially just embracing the teen experience. She did, however, express it in a way that was unusually well-spoken and thoughtful considering Sagan was only 18 at the time she wrote this book. It wasn’t until the second part that my curiosity peaked and my fondness was completely won. When Cecile became aware of things like her own selfishness and the needs of other people, I found myself developing more of an attachment to what I was reading, as this was the point that I could see Cecile as a whole person. Although in many ways she is a child, she is also is also in many ways a grown up. Her laziness, combined with the decisions that she makes solely on her own desires are reflective of her youth. However, her ability to not linger on the small things or take the actions of others too personally is mature and admirable. I also enjoyed the way she found beauty and fault in all the characters mentioned. She seemed to be personally interested in the human character and her descriptions of those around her were affectionate yet honest. Descriptions of herself and how she felt her social position was in relation to the other characters was of interest to me as it offered yet again another candid and introspective observation from in a voice perfectly suited for a narrator stuck in an age somewhere between child and adult. 

The unsuspected and sudden ending, although sad, was just the sort of thing I was content to leave with as I felt confident that this would lead to a maturing or faster self realization for all the characters involved." — Valerie Baber

What Begins with the letter T?

Taraji P. Henson entering into the spheres of appreciation, and being awed!

Tehmeena Afzal !!!!

The Burning Lotus' portrait of herself.

Tori Baker is a shapely cougar with big beautiful breasts,

a vibrant disposition and depth quality in her voice...  

Tatiana De Los Rios in two settings.

Tribal Goth

Listen to Soul Loss.

Eartha Kitt and her baby,Sharpio.

Lisa Bonet (r.) with her daughter.

Whoopi Goldberg, her daughter, her mother and her grandchild.

There is a lot of unnecessary baggage for a country like ours to react to honestly. Honesty, when it was a commodity to a much higher degree than now, governed better minds, and more developed emotions than who is president now! Presidents reflect the nation's soul, its needs and yearnings. What Trump is telling the nation is directed inward. The problem with that is simple: Americans are not reflective; therefore not introspective, nor is it part of the cultural ideal to be perceived thus. This amount of loss of soul is detrimental to a nation's health, but we are a nation who believes deeply in its myths; preferring death to enlightenment, taking more than giving themselves to the truths of what holds us in bondage! - Gregory E. Woods, Keeper of Stories 3/24/18