subtle influence. . .

Gazing upon and reacting to Candice Swanepoel in this sheer wedding lingerie one man, Aaron Armando, was altered by her appearance. What it meant to him to look at her so delicately adorned with softness was summed up in his words, "This makes me doubt my idea of marriage."  - Gregory E. Woods, Keeper of Stories 2.8.13

Ra Intwy Damaleya

larger than life...
April 27, 2013

I went to high school with a girl who dreamed like this. I thought she came from my dreams back then so my descriptions of her are hazy with the spell she cast upon me then. Karen Bailey. That was her name. After all these years she knocks on my father's door a day after Mommy's funeral (4.13.13) to give us condolences. I didn't recognize her at first. It was her voice and eyes that gave her away.

She was a woman. Old enough to be a grandmother she had a 12 year old daughter which shocked me. We talked quite a while in the living room about ideas which, she reminded me, was what we talked a lot about in high school. So under her spell then I'd forgotten those talks.

Well, I'd married well, and she was a mother taking care of her own mother, and the good feeling between us was still present; older, but present. - Gregory E. Woods, Keeper of Stories 4.29.13

SOFISTICATION

"Contemplation is a good place to be at any age, at any stage of one's life. It is the useful step before any endeavor, any climb, or ascent to greatness, the next level, the understanding of self, and achievement. " - Gregory E. Woods, Keeper of Stories 

Victoria's Secret models

Candice Swanepoel, you remind me of this: "The dynamics of Being work themselves one way, appear another, and relate to others another way. In the composition of our stance we believe we are showing ourselves to the world in our truths. We cannot help it because before eyes is what is within us, what we see as the world. Our perception of the world is the world. What others see within us is in our posture, our stance of power or weakness, scarcity, want, abundance, brilliance, or anger and distance. Our bodies tell so many stories it is easy to conclude we are large, and at times contradict ourselves."  Alowan Chanteh Inyan Wichasha 2.8.13

Candice Swanepoel

CANDICE SWANPOEL, super model

Candice Swanepoel, a supermodel, is best known as a Victoria's Secret angel.

T O U C H

caring for Popira

"Touch, to women it seems, is a language very different in actuality and insinuation from  men's perception and application of touch. What is transcribed in the melodic sense between two women who like and love each other has a sound. What it sounds like and creates within men is dependent upon the calibre of the man, and his sense of connection to the sensitive and vital parts of his being in touch with divinity, and the crudeness of Judgment, and the simplicity of desire. 

Touch is a divine subject. Touch is a divine quality and it is a gift. The transmission of energies in any direction lives in the possibilities Crystals give the spiritual mind to touch the soul of talking through the air, sensing the ages and softening the barriers of communication. This touch breathes Life into each other." - Gregory E. Woods, Keeper of Stories 2.8.13

Candice Swanepoel (l.) & Victoria's Secret model Miranda 

Candice Swanepoel

A VIEW AT LARGE: who is the artist?

"Candice Swanepoel's  beauty and poise brings to me, and others a sense of style, of freedom from illusion while herself being the created illusion of perfection. That is a powerful gift, a burden, or perhaps of little consequence to her, but to people of color it is a major subject of conversation, and front and center in the spiritual work of identifying self, establishing womanhood, and being a part of one's tribe, one's history and one's need to connect with one's ancestors in the present state of being a conquered people!" - Gregory E. Woods, Keeper of Stories 2.8.13

the art of a Woman
Candice Swanepoel

"I love this artist's rendition of Candice Swanepoel, the woman! It respects the principals of her mystique, the fierceness within her Being, and studies the practical applications of her sensual powers, and explores the possibilities of maturing in an industry repelled by maturing beauty, and a world fearful of the advantages of being a Wise Old Woman!" - Alowan Chanteh Inyan Wichasha  2.8.13

VICTORIA'S SECRET is embroiled in RACE.

Candice Swanepoel brings to me, and others a sense of style, of freedom from illusion while herself being the created illusion of perfection. The ideal of womanhood has eroded, or been downgraded, expanded, or uplifted, according to one's perspective, and grasp of histories by the idea of white womanhood as the world standard. It is all debatable, and the subject is full of resentment, and the controversies swirl around identity and fear, conquest and stolen legacies. 

- Gregory E. Woods, Keeper of Stories 
2.8.13

Candice Swanepoel posing poised