Afraid, Aware!

Cindy Crawford, a study of a woman. 

Cindy Crawford. She was a young woman when she entered the public collective of memorable white American beauties. She singularly changed the standards of beauty, as all accepted standards are in white estimation, into something relaxing the rigidity of the standard historically held over other races. That is a lot to say, even harder is to have spent time understanding the racial ideologies in place in the West, the play of sexual dynamics in politics, white conquests, and Europe's dominance over every sphere of existence. As a man, a father, it was my responsibility to learn these subjects from the unique perspective of an American Indian and an American African!

For a little woman, Cindy Crawford was on multiple magazine covers, and being studied introspectively by many thinking people in African American communities. She may or may not have known about it then, but surely as she lived longer it became evident. I am not privy to her views on race, and race and beauty. If she has shared any views, young women need to get their heads out of their clouds and ponder what she may have said, and did not share.

My perspective is mine, but I am fully aware of how far Americans praise and worship youth, as if it staves off aging, and dying. But, since my own youth the fallacy of this tendency has always been evident. Unlike millions of American youth, I sought, listened to and studied what the aged and wise had seen, and learned, and wished to pass down into the next generations.

Without historical reference readily available to them many readers stop here. The curious, who are seeking the truth, raise questions that hopefully will lead towards truth, and deeper understanding about the circular nature of truths governing daily life, and public policies. It is work.


Gregory E. Woods, Keeper of Stories
November 18, 2018

Cindy Crawford was born February 20, 1966 and is a former American model and she fine!

Nude study of Cindy Crawford! 

WHEN WE AWAKEN. (2.)

"Some things are just average, other things are spellbinding!"

Dancing in a mint pirouette midi skirt from fall collection by Shabby Apple.

face of an older woman who has lived. when many awaken to old age they realize their bodies, and their faces tell stories; have told stories or is a reference for young women needing guidance. plastic surgery is fear, the mask of fear people pay for. afraid of death their angst is their denial, their denial a form of death hastening the process. fear of old age is a lack of power, and successfully keeps clarity a distance away from the substance that holds the sacred circle. 

naked dance of Flora & Mike 2

Quiet is stillness. There is movement in stillness. The Hunter is meditative in the stillness required. The perspective of those hunting is to listen to the calm in the air not altered by the fear from the hunted. These are subtle elements in the dangerous game played to remain in existence. - Gregory E. Woods, Keeper of Stories 12/22/18

exquisite beauty of this woman is sharp, highly intelligent and piercing.

Not every tool is needed in the enforcement of law. Pepper spray is not an essential tool protecting life, or restraining dark forces. Impeccability is the element and knowing subtle things about perception as power commands, and controls intent... 

There is a profound teaching knowing how to control one's spirit. - Gregory E. Woods, Keeper of Stories 

Negro woman watering her plant. 

circa. mid-20th century. Jim Crow era. 

The presence within Beauty is the soul seeing itself for what it is worth at the time. In deep moments of doubt Beauty grows into the places sorrowing for comfort in the places isolation, or indifference can place a soul, at times in one's lifetime.

"How will we die?" moments like this will ask sometimes. "How will we live after revived by Beauty?" is another question asked in stillness. On the other hand, or other side of the equation, Darth Vader's feminine side, may look like this. It is a profound thing to ponder. - Gregory E. Woods, Keeper of Stories 12/23/18 

What She Say!

Eyes of Melanie Florence Seymore 

and them jeans. 

"There are things women tell themselves alive, dancing in their eyes. We see what we wanna see and what we need to see. It is part of the exchange between souls..." ~ Gregory E. Woods, Keeper of Stories 10/23/18

TIME, in time.

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"Elegance never had to draw a color line. Elegance is a definitive line between class and crudeness, proper breeding and elusive entanglements which serves as access to the bedroom. Elegance is above style. It is a substance..." - Gregory E. Woods, Keeper of Stories 

Elandra Monique by

Black American woman in the woods is a stretch, but in a small river, or creek in a forest? Rarely, I have seen the first, and the second? Never and I've spent a few decades in forests. I wonder how this was planned and executed, unless you are a country woman, a hunter, spiritual woman?..." - Gregory E. Woods, Keeper of Stories 11/11/18 

See Within.

Mystique of angst, or separatism, or being alone with one's thoughts is its own introduction to growing, to maturing. The advent of cell phones and gadgets capable of pulling consciousness into vacuous spheres has widened the gulf between conscious awakening and deliberate retreat into unawareness. In youth, this trend is a dangerous form of suicide and/or retreat into insanity in the cultural context of American society. - Gregory E Woods, Keeper of Stories 7/25/18 

The cats purr...

FOUR NICOLES

Nicole Scherzinger getting into a car at New York Fashion Week in 2016.

Nicole Peters brings to the forefront the wonder 

and glory of natural breasts and tan less body. But, as a whore; Is there something missed?

Nicole Kidman's delicate beauty of form, face and strength of character make her a lady. - Dawn Wolf, Keeper of Stories 

Nicole Murphy walking through a nail shop!

a look in her.

Rebecca DeMornay in black dress seated upon a bed !!!!

Robin Wright Penn.

One woman, Miren Yosune Urrutia, said, "You must embrace yourself, it is the most sincere embrace you will receive."

"Hay que abrazarse a una mismo , es el abrazo más sincero que uno va a recibir!"  

White in black

Photographer Sergei Rodionov of Elizabeth GoGo McGregor "taken with 8x10 film", he says!

3 on a Harley Davidson. Grace Park, Katee Sackhoff, and a Victoria's Secret model in Dublin, Ireland!

Photographer Sergei Rodionov of Corrie Jorns. (July 2018). 

LADY immersed in her Mystery!

Cristin Anchen  by Watch4Beauty.

The photographer of this photograph, Alex Petrescu, asked for feedback.

Lady in Black by Alex Petrescu taken with a Canon 6d 50mm 1.4 camera.

This harks back to my youth when the mystique of a lady was revered and more common. The crudeness that has replaced this essence reigns in this century. It is more masculine femininity that gets in the front of what defines a woman. It is sad, yet interesting this state of being. This disconnect is traceable, but the loss to the integrity of the depth of the feminine principle has not reached deep enough into the popular non-thinking of this century to balance the masculine and herself in essence, and character! . . . - Gregory E. Woods, Keeper of Stories 8/8/18

SEEN in the interior of the Soul. . .

The outstanding is astounding! In women seeing themselves in the admiration from men is a value system. In fact, memories stirred by looks means something adheres to what people value: worth. Are beautiful women observed, or their beauty perceived? Do beautiful women believe in the ideal from those who admire them, or lie about how important it is to be admired for beauty? Are we wrong needing Beauty, or women needing to be seen as beautiful?

Simple questions, but at the beginning of puberty the question is raised by the consciousness of general society. It is our parents our validation should come from, or at least, the form of family once held that status. Now, with Instagram baby sitting children, and informing them value has become a vague sense of being accepted by strangers, by people a child will never see face to face. Ain't that some shit? ~ Gregory E. Woods, Keeper of Stories 4/28/18

naked. Marilyn Monroe.

Art as Woman.

"Modeling style and modeling clothes can be the same, but more often is not because those who try do not know they have to develop the abstract with the practical application of beauty and intelligent forms of analysis to produce a better feel to establish what can be, or is beautiful!..." - Gregory E. Woods, Keeper of Stories 4/25/18

Elizabeth Ashley photographed by John Darko Chapman titled 'The Widow',

body paint by Jon Jon Loveless. (Sept. 11, 2016)

the Deep Knowledge of...

the mystery of Yasmina Rossi in her 61st year in her glory.

It takes time to acquire the energy, and capacity to delve into the substance of beauty. Women, in particular, shovel bad thoughts about them into who they are as women to the astonishment of their higher selves. It is hardly expected youth will grasp the depth of an insight such as: "... the beauty is ours, all we got to do is never let the laziness hide it as time goes by." that Yasmina Rossi shared. In time, perhaps, some will, but working against the feel of being away from the sacredness of their core makes it a struggle for a daughter to know Beauty is an essence formed without form... - Gregory E. Woods, Keeper of Stories [April 3, 2018]