This is my mantra.
Generally, the poem is interpreted as a feminist call for women to rediscover their authentic selves outside the roles given them by a largely patriarchal society.

However, I put it in   more...the context of my own life, as someone who basically lives in a reflective stance, always willing to mine the past for treasures, while choosing not to live there.

While I appreciate and understand Rich's intent, I don't see the meaning as being valuable only to women.

It's for anyone who's not afraid of the darkness, and can see the book of myths for what it is.

<b>Diving Into The Wreck</b>
by Adrienne Rich

<i>First having read the book of myths,
and loaded the camera,
and checked the edge of the knife-blade,
I put on
the body-armor of black rubber
the absurd flippers
the grave and awkward mask.
I am having to do this
not like Cousteau with his
assiduous team
aboard the sun-flooded schooner
but here alone.

There is a ladder.
The ladder is always there
hanging innocently
close to the side of the schooner.
We know what it is for,
we who have used it.
Otherwise
it is a piece of maritime floss
some sundry equipment.

I go down.
Rung after rung and still
the oxygen immerses me
the blue light
the clear atoms
of our human air.
I go down.
My flippers cripple me,
I crawl like an insect down the ladder
and there is no one
to tell me when the ocean
will begin.

First the air is blue and then
it is bluer and then green and then
black I am blacking out and yet
my mask is powerful
it pumps my blood with power
the sea is another story
the sea is not a question of power
I have to learn alone
to turn my body without force
in the deep element.

And now: it is easy to forget
what I came for
among so many who have always
lived here
swaying their crenellated fans
between the reefs
and besides
you breathe differently down here.

I came to explore the wreck.
The words are purposes.
The words are maps.
I came to see the damage that was done
and the treasures that prevail.
I stroke the beam of my lamp
slowly along the flank
of something more permanent
than fish or weed

the thing I came for:
the wreck and not the story of the wreck
the thing itself and not the myth
the drowned face always staring
toward the sun
the evidence of damage
worn by salt and away into this threadbare beauty
the ribs of the disaster
curving their assertion
among the tentative haunters.

This is the place.
And I am here, the mermaid whose dark hair
streams black, the merman in his armored body.
We circle silently
about the wreck
we dive into the hold.
I am she: I am he

whose drowned face sleeps with open eyes
whose breasts still bear the stress
whose silver, copper, vermeil cargo lies
obscurely inside barrels
half-wedged and left to rot
we are the half-destroyed instruments
that once held to a course
the water-eaten log
the fouled compass

We are, I am, you are
by cowardice or courage
the one who find our way
back to this scene
carrying a knife, a camera
a book of myths
in which
our names do not appear.</i>  less

This song ended up on the cutting room floor. If you like the RHPS, you'll like the song. If you never did the Time Warp...well, what can I say?

Every once and a while, a bunch of us get together and make a big Curry dish. We did so on Friday, and it was very, very yummy.

Music provided by To Slay Zombie Newton (http://www.zombienewton.com/)

I take a stroll down by The Thames and discuss my plans for the evening and then make my way back to the hotel through the City.

I go for a curry down Brick Lane and then vlog my way back to the hotel.

i made this on St Patrick's day.... but.. i made so many out door clips.... i forgot the order.. lol... this is my favorite spice place and cheap eats...

Chasing Baja, a new movie about car racing in Baja Mexico. You will be surprised who shows up!

ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW

ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW

Billie & Adrienne have been married for 15 years and have two boys Jospeh 'Joey' Marciano and Jakob Danger. Music by Green Day the song is Poprocks & Coke. For those who dont know Billie is in   more...Green Day.... his picture is my background :-)
Lyrics:
Wherever you go
You know I’ll be there
If you go far,
You know I’ll be there
I’ll go anywhere,
So I’ll see you there

You place the name
You know I’ll be there
You name the time
You know I’ll be there
I’ll go anywhere
So I’ll see you there

I don’t care if you don’t mind
I’ll be there not far behind
I will dare
Keep in mind
I’ll be there for you

Where there's the truth
You know I’ll be there
Amongst the lies
You know I’ll be there
I’ll go anywhere
So I’ll see you there

I don’t care if you don’t mind
I’ll be there not far behind
I will dare
Keep in mind
I’ll be there for you

If you should fall
You know I’ll be there
To catch the call
You know I’ll be there
I’ll go anywhere
So I’ll see you there

I don’t care if you don’t mind
I’ll be there not far behind
I will dare
Keep in mind
I don’t care
I’ll be there for you
I’ll be there for you
I'll be there for you
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You have to see it to believe the horror in Jessica Alba's latest movie, "The Eye."

SWEET TRANSVESTITE. . .nuff said.

So... what's for lunch today?

Direct from the Playboy Mansion for the HER Luau hosted by Denise Richards. Interviews include Denise Richards, Shanna Moakler, Kim Kardashian, Caroline D'Amore, Adrianne Curry, Holly Madison, Justin   more...Long, Kendra, Cuttino Mobley, Ian Ziering.  less

mashup of muppet treasure island and pirates of the caribbean 3

Ghandi thoughts on on the passing of Anna Nicole Smith

Birthdays, style, and sexiness were the top themes at the Maxim Style Awards presented by Casio.

This video seemed so natural when I thought about it. The play on light and darkness in the lyrics being that is what Legend was all about. But holy hell, this video was a bitch. It was just hard for   more...the simple reason, I've been stressed. Some of the lyrics were harder than I thought, but I am happy how it came out in the end. The focus on Jack, Lily and the unicorns. They all get their parts, you get all their point of views. And of course I gave Darkness plenty of screen time :D

And yeah, the whole movie is out of order. But I wasn't trying to make a short version of the movie. Just matching the lyrics/pace here :P I didn't do many effects because this movie is a living tapestry, it didn't need any effects. But its heavy in the tranistions, mainly transparent/white fades/flashes.

FYI, I am so super happy with the 2nd, "I give the final blow/It ends tonight"

BTW, the scene with Jack jumping into the water and when he is underwater, that was filmed in Silver Springs. This year I went to that lagoon. The cliff was something the movie makers did and is no longer there, but otherwise is is pretty unchanged in all these years. Same mangrove trees and everything.  less

Adrienne Armstrong speaking- The wife of Billie Joe Armstrong (Green Day) about caring for the planet and NRDC

LA. Direct Magazine, teamed with E! Networks and The Ronald McDonald House Charities, to present the 2007 Remember To Give Holiday Party, with E! celebrity host Chelsea Handler and cover model Joanna   more...Krupa. Caroline D’ Amore will be the celebrity DJ.  less

Watch and learn how to make delicious old fasioned Chicken Curry with Anuja and Hetal of ShowMeTheCurry.com.

Hollywood stars walked the green carpet at the 2007 Environmental Media Awards.

“The Hills” star Spencer Pratt and Heidi Montag fight over their wedding plans. Britney Spears being replaced by Samantha Jade, Brokeback Mountain star Heith Ledger and lindsay lohan hooking up? Kim Kardashian   more...being replaced by Adrianne Curry for playboy. Tara Reid hosting hookers ball? “Greys Anatomy” star Katherine Heigl thinks “knocked up” is sexist. Hanukah is here!  less

Joe Francis and his crew of crazy girls attend the launch of Girls Gone Wild Magazine.