Cosetta Chantal sitting astride her motorcycle in a black dress and heels speaks to the adventures of womanhood. During and after raising children what should a mother not do? Should she not play? Should she not ride motorcycles, jump out of planes, or plan the next ingenious move in the game of her life? What motherhood provides a woman in terms of options is as full of optimism and promise as it is for fathers, and men. - Gregory E. Woods, Keeper of Stories Nov. 17, 2012 |
Oshun Iyalbeji Shango pregnant in a white dress. May 11, 2011 |
"The profundity of what carrying a child cared for within you is different a capacity as carrying the hope of another generation within. The beauty of seeing a woman embracing and caring for her womb instinctively surpasses the songs a man can sing to his womb, his woman. For who can carry life this way, and mean to shift the world and can shift the world with the word of new birth her birthed child will say leaving his mother's body? It is beyond the powers of destruction the powers of birth. It is beyond the beauty of youth and form the timeless ritual of conception, carry, care for, and delivery a woman performs. It is God-Gift. It is the I AM presence in a natural form. It is the beginning of the world. It is the Creation story Eve could never tell you tell standing there rubbing your stomach, caring for your baby!!" - Gregory E. Woods, Keeper of Stories 1.11.14
Delotta Brown is sucking her finger. |
"Poems, sculptures, radical thought, storms, nights of passion, and unbelievable flashes of genius have come from the mere sight of the Goddess form, the Goddess stories, and the essence of the Goddess." - Gregory E. Woods, Keeper of Stories 2.20.11
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