DREAM of a Woman

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 

A MYSTERY TEACHING 

"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

OH, FACE IT IT IS TRUE!!



The face of Oshun IyaIbeji Shango
tells much to the poet, the seer, and the possible mate.
May 17, 2012 

 A MYSTERY TEACHES 

"Some faces can be looked upon, others peer within you, while other faces draw a picture of what is within in such a way you are compelled to do better, to see and feel better about yourself. Faces are masks or mirrors, the truth or facade. It is wonderful a mystical gift our faces. Seen for beauty alone is an illusion. A face reflecting back one's self is not trickery, or sorcery, but the spiritual teaching of the sage, or the Wise Woman. The face is prophecy, and Storyteller. A face is complacent or engaged and dynamic with truth and telling the who of the I AM, or the what of what I've been. Face it, our faces have great capacity to tell our stories." - Gregory E. Woods, Keeper of Stories 1.11.14

CONSCIENCE VOTING

THE VOTE

“Please don't try to convince me that my ancestors died for my right to vote for a candidate who will surely serve corporate interests, bomb my cousins across the sea in order to steal their resources, refuse to acknowledge and correct the injustices and disparities in this country and get rich while doing it. It's a slap in the face. No, my ancestors died for my continued commitment to autonomy, self-determination and sovereignty. Vote if you must...and DO FOR SELF.” – Oshun Shango