All About Them Mysteries.

Karolina Kurkova by Matt Jones

White women stare into the camera lens of their phones with an idea of themselves that will not, or won't change. If they feel their image thrust upon other women is the center of their powers they don't understand how change creates the flow pattern for the return of power to those whose powers were taken by aggression, mean spirits and a specific kind of envy. Power like water returns to its source. Land upon water is land upon water because water allowed land to surface from the below. Awareness is water and moves this way in our state of being alive.

White American women's assumptions of superiority are mere assumptions standing in the water which in itself is impossible to do unless one is standing in shallow waters. At what point does this type of womanhood stand in the depths of water with the grounded strength of being whole in a fluid form? This mystery is a riddle, the riddle being one of existence, and one to ask of the womb! - Gregory E. Woods, Keeper of Stories 6/30/18 


[I wrote this a few days before a stroke, and days after returning to the States from Puerto Rico.]

La Toya Seduction by Roland Dawson, the mystique. 

The mystique has long been an asset for a woman in cultures that held authoritive advantages over the influences of the feminine energies. It is a startling recollection to those among us not cognizant of the vast range of world history on this subject. Sometimes, Roland Dawson, you do this stirring of the intellect and the imagination in simple settings...

You imply a lot in little spaces. That is quite the gift your way of matching; no playing with the sensual tease and the intellect!.... - Gregory E. Woods, Keeper of Stories 11/30/18 

Thought About It.

Defiance in a strong body can be perceived as strength, but the eyes. Bianka's eyes demand something her body is not offering.

"Many persons have the wrong idea about what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification, but through fidelity to a worthy purpose." Helen Keller observed in her blindness. In the blindness many others have who can see with their eyes; their hearts deny the existence of their contradictions, and they remain, at least, consistent with their inconsistencies. In truth, how can one live deep in their denial? In all honesty, we all know how. - Gregory E. Woods, Keeper of Stories 12/18/18

Look Beyond

Face of Precious Lady Eby.

There is a look into the soul a mere glance cannot uncover; meaning the length and depth of the breath-of-Life conveyed by touch adds to the powers of the perception beautiful women convey without speaking. It is an easy thing to create: illusion. It is a task to unmask illusions. Either way it takes work to create illusion, and work to unlearn the illusions governing our lives. There is a relationship between beauty and revelation, truth and deception. How all of these things come together in the face of one woman is a compliment to the brilliance of Creation. Learning from this is the work of one's spirit.

There is a lot in a face, the eyes. Interpreting what is seen is one soul beginning to understand the other... - Gregory E. Woods, Keeper of Stories 10/23/18 

Requires Thought.

Slave marriage taking place. I remember this dance.

"During the time of slavery, not every hour was a miserable hour. While alone with their families, slaves did attempt to live a regular lifestyle. They cooked, cleaned, and fed their families and made sure that everyone was doing what they had to in order to not get sold. One thing they did to keep each others spirits up was tell jokes and mimic their masters and mistresses. This is what began black comedy within the United States." - Cedric Freeman 

Dave Chappelle's insight.

"I agree with what you have said; we must learn that if we do not agree with other's lifestyles, do not judge negatively what is seen or viewed. None of us are perfect and communications is very important, in the realization that words can damage if not used in a caring way. We are indeed our brothers' keepers. With that in mind, with "love" and loving someone, you do not have to agree with everything they may say or do, because love is being honest with the individual simply because you do truly love them and not to agree to satisfy them or because you feel obligated to agree; We must learn to be true and honest "BUT" in such a way as to show "love and honesty" in such a way that others see and feel the sincerity within us!!!" - Barbara Tharpe 

White Power movements.

Will Ever Learn.

beauty in the hat by Adam Gadomski.

"Man can resist what he has never had, yearn for what he does not need, and stand in awe of a woman he never met..." ~ Gregory E. Woods, Keeper of Stories 12/10/18 





















Dynamic, proud woman whose strength is in the number of her strengths and their relation to each other woven together.

Lola Marie flirts with the unknown the way pretense shies away from the authentic self. Greek mythology likes to appraise its culture against either the lie it told, or the truth of where they learned. Adulthood requires the truth to build. In the sexual and practical lives of too many unfortunate souls is the interference of a disingenuous probe into their daily lives. Black White People (Wasicun Sapa) like to build bridges between who they were told to be, and who they were meant to be in their lifetime! So much was placed upon denial, and to such a degree lives shorten themselves effortless in those addicted to the roles they were told to embody... ~ Gregory E. Woods, Keeper of Stories 12/11/18

the African People + the Terrorists

Royalty has its way of expressing itself outside the vernacular of Europe with profound dignity and the lightness of play with the essential elements of spirituality, in the context of what is ancient about African traditions. This is far away from the pretense of British royalty, which does not repent playing its game, as if its evil has nothing to do with its stench, its practiced cruelty and the Arabic terror attacks in Europe and the U.S.! This kind of denial is unique among apex predators. It is a blindness protected by fear: fear they created and sustained in others, and by the techniques that employ servitude with gratitude colored by fears of 'them'!

This is a language whites, for hundreds of years, have refused to acknowledge but know; didn't want to accept, but outlawed taking humanity from other people they don't respect. That's a puzzle? Imagine being the grandchild of an ex-slave negotiating a life among masters of terror, who claim not to be the terror they generate!

Gregory E. Woods, Keeper of Stories
September 3, 2018

Royalty has its way...

the Hope to Break free!!

Black Woman in blue by Ike Slimster

There is a lot of space to be filled with the stories about the essence and the survival of Black African daughters, who have come from a dark past in relation to Europeans. But, there are the centuries before our Dark Centuries with the whites, we do not talk about because we only think of ourselves in terms of enslavement. This dark space in our souls is our history connecting us to Europe after we opened the world-at-large to them. There is no Europe or America without the Blacks from the Land of the Blacks!. . . ~ Gregory E. Woods, Keeper of Stories [August 8, 2018]

A Clash!

II.

The eyes and the composure of a beautiful white woman defines something in the essence of a man understanding this. Inside of many Black women it is disrespectful this regard for white women, and for good reasons. The tone of calls for racial equality rests in perpetual lies and evasive truths! The denial of histories playing in our daily lives is measured by a fear white people engineer in efforts to not atone for sins. ~ Gregory E. Woods, Keeper of Stories 6/26/18





I.

"The African proficiency for genius comes from our women, our spiritual centers that are traceable, elusive and present." - Gregory E. Woods, Keeper of Stories

a whore's story is a collective one.

Casual sex with a woman like Reagan Foxx is not to be forgotten, or forgiven if it is not your path. The reward can be for the mutual agreement to not venture into the sacred domain. If there is loss or gain in that the two will discover it! This can be known as an agreement. ~ Gregory E. Woods, Keeper of Stories 8/3/18

Reagan Foxx's body makes promises. Every man in her made promises. If there were sacrifices were they intentionally made to justify copulation? The truth is sex reasons with our play. Sex requires of us responsibility and enjoys playing without responsibility. The cost determines value. - Gregory E. Woods, Keeper of Stories 8/3/18

A Question leads to GROWTH.

 Women's Portraits Only (WPO

Fashion portrait of Anetta shot by Kenneth Lysgaard. [Nov. 2018]

"... There is softness to weigh in the presence of serenity and the brief feel of what within women draws men to their essence. The mystique of a woman can only be developed by the woman herself. The how is based on knowledge from a woman's elders..." 

It is, or for me, has always been a source of wonder the ways women convey complex forms of expression that have nothing to do with brute force, but with intangible elements that change the core of a man. Is it stillness, stillness within, or is it merely how the core of resistance is the blending of elements to understand and see the other?..."


Gregory E. Woods, Keeper of Stories 
11/11/18 

Aws, 25, a former resident of Raqqa, Syria, used to be a member of the 

Khansaa Brigade, the Islamic State's female morality police. 

photo: Tara Todras-Whitehill for NY Times

I’ll love you forever
I’ll like you for always
As long as I’m living My baby you’ll be ❤️

Forever a Mama’s boy ❤️-

- Jessica Lynne

Jessica Lynne and her son early in the morning, 

August 8, 2018. 

"By definition, the term, Mama's boy, is a simple description of a boy's love for his mama. In his manhood that love creates value to this relationship. The boy becomes her great protector! In essence, a mother gives birth to her protection giving birth to a son!... 

Today, a lot of women believe they are the creation of their son into protectors. They aren't. That is the father's job. At some point, that energy can be provoked, not guided by fathers, or grandfathers, into something dark and resentful towards their mothers. American women, often, refute this out of pride and fear that men like me are right, and come to understand what we know the hard way!. . ." 


- Gregory E. Woods, Keeper of Stories 11/11/18 

TO Remember!

"Only when we embrace ourselves is when we will truly love who we are." Typical of the culture online is the lack of courtesy. There is not mention of the author of this observation. - Gregory E. Woods, Keeper of Stories 

images of Marilyn Monroe.

A Riddle to Existence 

"Men dream high, and live with what, or who they need. In terms of marriage or women pursued the women men settle for, or need are not the ones they fantasize about (dreams are too far from truth), but the ones who choose them." 

Gregory E. Woods, 

Keeper of Stories 

November 7, 2018 

Jenny F. back in 2011 stood in this open field. There is no mistaking how wonderful she is, nor is there a dispute about how. What is perplexing is how honesty seems to win out when there is no lie! 

Dance of the West African woman's body is intelligent knowing of...

As We Have felt, as I have dreamt.

“Beyond the edge of the world there’s a space where emptiness and substance neatly overlap, where past and future form a continuous, endless loop. And, hovering about, there are signs no one has ever read, chords no one has ever heard.” —Haruki Murakami 

FRUITION by Autumn Skye Morrison. 

acrylic on canvas, 2015. 24in. by 48in.

"...The feel of elegance in what a woman wears a man will not know intimately, but perceived by the grace of her movement and the care in her kindness he understands..." - Gregory E. Woods, Keeper of Stories

Medicine Wheel created by Jacqueline L. Robinson 

Holy Love and the Art of Receiving. 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. Feeling her warmth, purity, Presence. Allowing Life to move as she will. Breathing LOVE. 💜 ~ Jacqueline L. Robinson 

ICE vs. Arrogance,

Often advocates for stopping the industrial intrusion upon the Earth, our Mother are the grandchildren of the people, whose non-relationship with the Earth, are at the forefront of environmental movements and it was their people whose beliefs and practices led the world here. Typically, from the perspective of those of the darker races, white Americans and Europeans are angry about what their people's value system has done to the Earth, and angrier more at the politicians and business people who continue the tradition. On the surface, it appears good, but within our circles is a shimmering rage, even amongst the healers. Why that is, and how it affects the globe are not of much concern to our white relatives. 

What I've said sounds like a diatribe; it is, but it goes beyond that to point out the depths of denial we endure hearing from this group. At the beginning of any process of undoing, of unlearning are steps ignored by our Euro-Americans. It is a riddle only because of the denial playing with a mindset unable to connect with the people, and entities offended by their traditions of destruction, of taking. In our circles questions arise mulling over these things. Being upset about them, out of earshot, is more of a trained defense mechanism, and therefore not much help encased in silence. The question comes: "How can the two conflicts resolve to become answers?"

 It is a fair question, but it never reaches a fair resolution because the roles established during the Euro conquest are still in place. Unraveled they offend the Earth the way European custom denied the importance of women and flooded the waters with blood. That legacy led us here and political advocacy and spiritual awareness are only good tools, not answers. White Americans and their relatives in Europe, and Australia need to unlearn all they know, believe and practice from the view of conquerors! The rest of us need to do other things...

- Gregory E. Woods 

'Dawn Wolf', Keeper of Stories 

Sirmiq Aattuq Wisdom Keeper
September 22, 2018

Angaangaq Angakkorsuaq (center in white coat) in Søndre Strømfjord, Vestgronland, Greenland sitting with other Elders, in this photo taken by Adam Lyberth. June 24, 2018.

9/11, Bullshit and Denial.

I have the talent and the eye of a good photographer, but when I was coming up as a child it was impolite to take pictures traveling and living in various countries. Americans were intrusive. After the Korean war and the other wars waged by the mid-20th century, people were weary of American intrusion passing itself as diplomacy. So, I learned to interpret the visual with sound and words over the length of my decades.  In short, I studied. - Gregory E. Woods, Keeper of Stories (9/10/18) 

Gangsta chicks like this are a version of masculinity that submits to crude male belief in the dominance of the dick over pussy. It is a self-inflicted wound from deep wounds to the soul,and it is at the crux of the ideology of survival within poverty all across this country. - Dawn Wolf, Keeper of Stories 9/11/18 

Chola in her 'Charley Brown'!

Vatos Locos.

Organized gangs are more representative of the soul of America. How are they ignored on September 11, 2018? Easily. As long as we cling to the myth of America we don't see the country as it is to others victimized by our ways of life! What am I thinking of making such a statement?

First of all, I am not caught up in the whining and impish patriotism fluttering about 17 years after those men crashed planes into buildings in New York city, Pennsylvania and D.C., where I was during the attack. Second, I was keenly aware of what these attacks meant beyond the terror of the moment. I saw the opening in a paradigm to change the world, and our worldview to usher in peace on that day within a few hours. There were others, but as the weeks became months it was apparent the chance for peace wasn't going to occur. War-like people have to engage their soul with killing.

It is impossible for white Americans, in particular, to move beyond the immature impulse to remain within the initial stage of shock and disbelief. Seventeen years later, and white Americans still behave in the emotional state immediately after a violent attack. Third thing that stands out is remembering how intently the coverage about the loss of white lives dominated coverage of the event for a long time, and the lack of historical reference to give a proper perspective to the event. To this day, the world silently breaths in contempt for the melodrama of September 11 remembrance events.

I know I do.

How does the chief among predatory forces illicit pity from other countries whose citizens still smart after what we have done to them?


Gregory E. Woods, Keeper of Stories
9/11/18