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False Face masks of the Iroquois are a far cry from the false face today's photographers, models and women prefer to see looking at women's images! The latter is a cry, or something from an angst a man cannot fix. Because American popular culture relies on the surface of subjects for sustenance the spiritual tradition of those six nations of the Iroquois are too deep in symbolism and power for the mundane to see, grasp or embrace with understanding.
What does a woman have to hide? Why must a photographer hide a woman's story in her face? Is it to falsify identity or render her eyes vacant, or is the technique meant to devalue what the eyes can convey to the soul? What does it profit an industry to create the illusions women learn to submit themselves to? How does it all govern a woman? How far will it all lead a woman away from the sacred of her being in these times of 'man-made women' who think they can become or are women? If women cannot embrace and comprehend the essence and depth of womanhood and unable to fathom the sacredness of their being should men like Bruce Jenner claim that for their purpose in life?
- Gregory E. Woods, Keeper of Stories 6.9.15
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