Up Above.

Privacy by Roland Dawson.

The pedestals we place our ideals of our women have a quality to them reflective of who we want to be, and who we are towards our inner man; as the image within us tells on our sense of being with the mirrors we need to better see ourselves, in the women we attract. It is an interesting relationship we have with ourselves, as men, when the idea of our masculinity meets the ideal of who we believe, and hope will compliment it in a woman!

Be that as it may, Roland Dawson, I admire the stillness you captured here. - Gregory E. Woods, Keeper of Stories 9/6/17 

Puzzle.

4 Concerns of Race Whites Fear.

Broken by LAW

Murderous woman.

"The deepest fear a woman can conjure within a man is her being absorbed into killing..."

~ Dawn Wolf, Keeper of Stories

Feb. 12, 2017.

Death certainly stalks women scared inside of marriages and relationships with men violent in their nature who feel dominance is based upon the subjection of his woman to his will. In the aftermath of her breaking point his death is his design. The law doesn't see it that way because laws meant to protect men's proclivity towards violence against women needs to be protected by law so that by chance if a law maker finds himself in such a predicament facing jail time for beating his woman he has an escape route. Biblical laws, the laws within the Torah, and the Qur'an protect men's inability to have restraint. It is this simple. My studies have shown me nothing to contradict this finding.

When Death stalks it finds a way to reverse roles. The beatings a woman receives from a man is a beating from men. In her defense is her endurance, and the breaking point when she can take no more and kills the man. It happens in a variety of ways. For several reasons there are women who get away with murder. As much as it is wrong it is right.

Gregory E. Woods, Keeper of Stories

Feb. 13, 2017

TO Think About.

“We made too many speeches and didn’t do the necessary work; the unglamorous off camera work that would have made it possible. That was our great mistake, ceremony that lacked substance.” ~ Dr. John Henrik Clarke 

Dr. John Henrik Clarke born in Union Springs, Alabama on this day January 1, 1933. John Henrik Clarke, Pan-Africanist writer, historian, and professor.

God beware! We Are Ready for the New Year!

Squatting with a rifle, Roxsi Iris. photo by Roland Dawson in Keith Snead's studio in Newport News, Virginia. Body paint by HandPaintedd Bud. 2017. 

To See I see.

a Black woman's dream of herself captured by Roland Dawson.

Women pose, I imagine, for a variety of reasons that may or may not be out of vanity. In front of professional photographers it may be for an opportunity to trust an artist to see within her who she doesn't see on a regular basis reflected in her relationships with others! Maybe. It may be for the simple pleasure of expression and nothing more! The reasons matter, but the outcome and how it was achieved can become works of art in the perception of self. If others admire it; it is good, but how one sees themselves evokes the most thought! - Gregory E. Woods, Keeper of Stories 9/6/17 

A New Year!

"2018 does not mean safe passage for women! It means be ever the more gentle with yourself, and equally protective of your lives. These are dangerous times for women!" - Gregory E. Woods, Keeper of Stories

A dangerous message, a warning, Karren Miller‎ sends! She drives home the point that security is an illusion.