Gently Expressed.

Medicine Wheel created by Jacqueline L. Robinson. "Holy Love and the ARt of Receiving." she expressed. "Gentle space and time, as we transition at very deep levels from within. Opening to allow Love to find the voids and fill the cracks."   

ALIVE WITHIN

Lady has powers. It is in her eyes the intrigue, the mystery, the call soul to soul! The allure comes from nuance, and is not easy to resist with a grip on the loins, and the promise of being loved reciprocated! On a high plane of understanding the tension between the loins and loyalty, understanding resistance is important a subject to study from within the fires of want for another! - Dawn Wolf, Keeper of Stories 

Understanding of a Man, an Artist.

Herb Ritts is one of the photographers I've admired and studied with my intellect trying to unravel a mystery in each frame. His themes vary, but the conceptual feel is consistent. It is a backrest for me, to conceptualize various ideas of an esoteric nature, you might say, and for the poetry of stillness in motion, his mastery of stillness in motion is a work from internal solitude; it is a quest. I am drawn to these elements; always have been.

It is a stupefying quest to unravel the mysterious elements because they are all in relationship with the individual and the collective, and they are guides in the tradition of Sankofa. In photographic compositions his stories have textures to feel by nuance, and suggestions from the learning processes. In esoteric language these are discoveries where belief is of no importance because this is essentially outside of ego, and intellectual pretense. It is the stuff we come from, we understood before, during and after birth.

It was during childhood understanding this language dissipated, or was encouraged to stay in one's daily vernacular. It depended upon the language the parents kept within them, or didn't  that determined the direction these esoteric musings took within the child.

Somehow, it seems the esoteric starts with the feminine. Creation does. Why shouldn't this be a consistency in spiritual growth, and study? Birth is discovery, and discoveries birth one from each stage to the nest, where one matures.

Gregory E. Woods, Keeper of Stories
2/02/19

Cindy Crawford by Herb Ritts. Versace 3, el mirage.

Linda Fiorentino. Photography by Herb Ritts For Vogue Magazine US April 1995 

 

Old Nature, New Day.

Alishaaa Mae moist with the glee of being freed from childhood into the beginning of discovering the nature of being a woman. That means there are paths to explore. Any old woman would tell her that. A wise one will show her how! Alishaaa Mae in the quest for who she can become as a woman makes her discoveries. "Are they not as important as landing on the moon, the stars?" is an obvious question. Without a translation what does the Punany say to the soul? ~ Gregory E. Woods, Keeper of Stories 10/30/18

Wadi Rum (‘The Valley of the Moon’) in Jordan

Wadi Rum’s forbidding landscapes don’t look particularly hospitable, but people have lived here since prehistoric times. This extraordinary region of sand seas and towering mountains in southern Jordan includes ancient Thamudic petroglyphs carved into cliff faces. Byzantine monks seeking the ascetic life are said to have taken up residence in this harsh desert. And over the centuries, nomadic Bedouins have traversed the scorching sands, as they still do to this day.

Moviemakers are also drawn to the severe majesty here: Many films have Wadi Rum to thank for some of their epic sweep, including ‘Lawrence of Arabia,’ ‘The Martian,’ and the Star Wars spin-off, ‘Rogue One.’ ~ anon 

Henna design on Marcy S. DePina somewhere in Marrakech, December 17, 2012.

I have fond memories of Marrakech. The Medina! The best place to go in any city. 

Back when I was young in Morocco, and in ancient times henna was part of the evidence of women's exclusivity in a culture moored in the dominance of men, and Islam and the prophet Mohammed. There was, and is hidden sacred power women held within themselves. Rituals, like drawing geometric designs on hands, and face (I never saw a woman's feet) maintained mystique and quiet powers within the household, and the men they married, and loved. It was deep the love a boy had for his mother, but at the age he went with the men created adoration for Mother, the way a man feels with deeper appreciation for the roles played by both genders.
There is a lot in Henna. - Gregory E. Woods, Keeper of Stories 10/30/18 

the form of Valerie. 

"Nakedness catches all off-guard. 

Those off guard moments tell. Those moments are unguarded, 

and in the flash tell many things about a man's soul..." - dawn wolf, keeper of stories 10/30/18 

Naked woman in soft light by AndreasReh 

This older woman has dynamic energies...

Simple Moments

"Moonrise"

Christmas Night, 2015

After shooting photos through sunset at Watson Lake, I decided to stick around, despite the freezing cold, and see if long-exposure photos at night would turn out anything good.

My hands were almost completely numb from the cold, as I had to take them out of ski gloves any time I wanted to adjust my camera's settings.

As I shot various photos, I noticed some brightness on the horizon. "Rats, those stupid city lights are going to ruin my photos" I thought. But, the lights kept getting brighter, and brighter... until I realized those were no city lights. It was the rising moon! Shortly after the moon rose over the horizon I captured this photo of Watson lake. ~ Vern Jensen, photographer 2/05/2016 

Moonrise by Vern Jensen at sunset at Watson Lake in California on Christmas night, 2015.

Photographer Vern Jensen. "Teacups from Lilly's 

Alice in Wonderland themed party Feb. 18, 2016." 

"Simple the way colors highlight and suggest. How a good photographer tells any of the stories of color is captivating. In truth, colors have no untruths. They are the substance outside of touch..." - Gregory E. Woods, Keeper of Stories 1/28/19

ELDER TALK: understanding

Introspection evolves around stillness the way stillness requires attentiveness to surface within a person learning to learn from themselves about the worlds within them. It isn't a revolutionary process; it is transformative within the quiet of Being. 

"Who am I alive?" is a question to ask in these moments of knowing. - Gregory E. Woods, Keeper of Stories [September 28, 2018] 

Lizard. This is an Oriental Garden Lizard © Joby Varghese‎ 

taken in Masinagudi, Taminadu, India, May 2018.

Joby Varghese Photoarts

The hunter revolves around the cycles of life-death-resurrection. The Western reef heron captured by Joby Varghese tells the story. This was taken in Muzhuppilangad, Kerala, India in February 2017.

A Study in Manhood.

Mia Malkova in tennis shoes and jean shorts defines a special. Understanding the special is fundamental to the riddle of a whore's dynamic role. The perspective of a whore has two eyes: how a man uses her, and what the healer needs to help her healing the angst of her soul. It is pondered, the theft of soul, understanding why she is important to the equation of vitality vs. elements that detract from the whole, and the need for wholeness whores express in their actions.

It may sound like a riddle; it is, but on the outside of that vernacular is understanding of the human condition that created a role for a woman to play. When in our collective history did the two-sided role the whore plays within forget men's role as a whore himself? If a whore is merely a woman's role the denial of men cannot possibly follow the rules of simple math: (x + y = z).

- Dawn Wolf, Keeper of Stories 9/25/18

Mia Malkova soft in this purple ensemble and in this position tugs hard at the loins. In the code of deep manhood the determinative element is within the will. But, the will has to be defined. Is a man a whore, the woman a whore, and if so how does one devalue what she does not have as an estimated value to honor? - Dawn Wolf, Keeper of Stories 9/25/18

E V E undeveloped.

Forbidden fruit by J. Alex. 

"Simply put forbidden fruit is the knowledge and wisdom hidden from the uninformed, the crude uninitiated. What Adam did was take in what he was not prepared for and Eve is guilty of not knowing enough. She gave to her mate what he was unprepared for, and she unprepared to carry within her undeveloped womb. Women feed their men and children from the fruits developed within her soul. . ." - Gregory E. Woods, Keeper of Stories 8/31/18 

IN the Hebrew Mystery Teachings...

Simple the innocent conceptual feel of worth within the ease of Kalisy touching the guardian within a real man. It is a flow easily received if held honestly within the poetry of soul. How a finger touches fragrance tells a woman about a man. How she touches him in reciprocation whispers into the essential purpose of man with woman. Eve fed Adam a forbidden fruit. Fully aware of what the loss to his world would feel like he broke the law he knew, and ate of the forbidden fruit. Loss of a woman is worth the risk to her man's soul is the testimony of this Hebrew story. He had reacted badly to his first wife's spirit, and to lose another was unbearable. Unbearable was the punishment he and Eve suffered banished from the Garden of Eden.

Only in the Book of Adam and Eve is the texture of loss told, and felt by anyone not there to experience their ordeal in the aftermath of their disobedience... - Gregory E. Woods, Keeper of Stories 12/06/18

Alishaaa Mae flashes a glint of the spectacular with the most humble of gestures. "It is astounding the movement of strength in vulnerability!" 

Alishaaa Mae gentle of spirit is easily on a list of wants. What she needs is in her eyes. Within her voice is her heart and at the core the substance of things looked for as quality she can develop... - Dawn Wolf, Keeper of Stories 

Sing!

Sacredness of free form, of its breathless quality describes the essential element of hallowed silence in the presence of the incomprehensible substance of formlessness suggesting itself upon form. - Alowan Chanteh Inyan Wichasha (Dawn Wolf), Keeper of Stories 8/22/18

Complexity of thisThought Process.

Tiffany Haddish appeared at The New York Film Critics Circle.

"A lady is defined by attributes that contribute to the notion and process involving the total self becoming balanced and full of the Life given by the Creator to be a woman in the deep spheres of feminine energies. That is one definition. Apparently, in American life, masculine hued femininity is the closest proximation to safety a woman can embrace. For a man, like me, such a choice is understandable, but disappointing. I grew up with ladies. My mother was a lady, as are the aunts I grew up with. So, I know the difference intuitively because it is an essence, not a political statement that carries integrity and dignity. In addition, feminine energy was designed to be balanced by masculine energies. . ." 

 - Gregory E. Woods, Keeper of Stories 9/12/18 

Oh, say! Can you see?

I am American as far as my thinking about what patriotism means in the context of being African and American. I am not white and the flag therefore signifies the cross of the Klan, and the killing of my people...  - Gregory E. Woods, Keeper of Stories 

Dark naked African woman is profound in her beauty and the testament of (her) suffering, release, glory and fortitude. Without words she is seen better. - Dawn Wolf, Keeper of Stories

Dressed by the shadows, photographed by Dominique Lara

Discovery in the shadows cast the quest into a new light. It is a reversal of a process leading towards the origin of a substance we came into the light of Life knowing! This is part of the wonderful understanding childhood is embracing while children play... - Gregory E. Woods, Keeper of Stories 11/7/18

From Space Comes Knowing.

pregnant potential sparkiling
find me here gathering Light
travel inwards I am becoming
radiance tell my story medicine
spaces in between ravelling joy
no jealous skies open this secret
transformation is the secret of love. 

~ Mereana Taki, 
August 26, 2015 

Mereana Taki's art work 'Weaving the Spirit Song'.

AFRICAN WOMEN: What they Know, We forgot.

African style, African woman.

African women are disarming!!!!

African woman posing for Thänx Chikusě's camera. 2018. 

SG Media

Pride and comfort within one's being speaks to the soul like no one else's assessment of value can create... Love this shot. ~ Gregory E. Woods, Keeper of Stories 10/10/18

What She Say Without Saying!!

Ditta Kucsik. 

The compelling thing about this young woman, Ditta Kucsik, is the story in her eyes. Being from Hungary is its own compelling story, but the context of her story illustrated in her eyes is a beckoning; a beckoning to a beyond that present life, in the moment, does not know; but maybe a young man would take the urge within an embrace and make something of himself in the estimation made in the eyes of a woman like Ditta Kucsik! It is a wish this thought about this young woman, that needs a manifestation; not for a turn of events to take advantage of her ethereal qualities, but a need to understand how the soul of a woman can progress, or stand still in its pain, its revelations and make a way through the central part of a man's manhood.

Knowing these things makes for a better mind to set, to schedule what is important for the child to learn, and eventually become!

Gregory E. Woods, Keeper of Stories 
June 11, 2018

Ditta Kucsik is a model from Hungary.