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

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

Intermix Celebrates Highly Anticipated Los Angeles Debut On Robertson.

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

2 sigle di " The Bold and Beautiful"
Characters :Stephanie Forrester , Thorne Forrester , Brooke Forrester , Eric Forrester , Ridge Forrester , Taylor Hayes Forrester , Lauren Fenmore , Sheila   more...Carter (Kimberlin Brown ) , Dr. James Warwick , Sally Spectra , Macy Alexander , Ambrosia "Amber" Moore , Priscilla Kelly ,  less

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

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

The bold and Beautiful . Un music Video fatto da FaAeFa x AAeFa su The bold and Beautiful .Attori : Hunter Tylo ( Dr. Taylor Hayes Forrester ) , Katherine Kelly Lang ( Brooke Logan ) , Ronn Moss ( Ridge   more...Forrester ) , Susan Flannery ( Stephanie Douglas Forrester ) , John McCook ( Eric Forrester Sr ) , Jack Wagner ( Dominick 'Nick' Payne Marone ) , Winsor Harmon ( Thorne Forrester ) , Adrienne Frantz ( Ambrosia 'Amber' Moore Forrester ) , Justin Torkildsen ( Eric 'Rick' Forrester Jr ) , Sean Kanan ( Deacon Sharpe ) , Darlene Conley ( Sally Spectra ) , Mackenzie Mauzy ( Phoebe Forrester ) , Jennifer Gareis ( Donna Logan ) , Dylan Neal ( Dylan Shaw ) , Jacob Young ( Eric 'Rick' Forrester Jr ) , Kimberlin Brown ( Sheila Carter ) , Sarah Buxton ( Morgan DeWitt ) , Dax Griffin ( Shane McGrath ) .  less

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

We're giving you no-holds-barred backstage pass with super pop trio, The Cheetah Girls. Plus, we sit down and chat with Adrienne, Sabrina and Kiely about music, movies and their accomplished first studio   more...album, 'TCG.' Check out their dynamic performance at www.soundcheck.walmart.com featuring tracks from their upcoming album, 'The Cheetah Girls: One World' as well as an exclusive interview.  less

Cameron Mathison and Sherri Shepherd co-hosted the 35th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards held at the Kodak Theatre.

Un video di "The bold and Beautiful" con Adrienne Frantz e Jacob Young (J.R. Chandler in All my Children and Lucas Lorenzo 'Lucky' Spencer Jr in General Hospital )
La canzone è di Adrienne   more...Frantz !!!  less

Un bellissimo promo di " The Bold and Beautiful " con Amber (Adrienne Frantz ) e Deacon (Sean Kanan)

6 year old Jessica sings Proud to be an American, American Soldier Dedication, iraq, war, American, Soldier, Proud to be american, Armed Forces, Veterans

Jennifer Ashley begins her story of how she came to be' when she mingles and shares such wonderful beginnings through the eyes of such A list celebrities from Adrienne Janic to the owner of Toxic Waste   more...Clothings, Eddie Habash in our three part series of interviews all taking place in one Location in a hyde away store front accross the street
from Jerrys Famous Deli & Bowling Club.  less

So here's Mike and I playing pool.... Boy do we suck at this game... lol

Take a tour of Adams Morgan in Washington DC and check out some of the restaurants and local flare. Produced & edited by Adrienne Brawley

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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I was just on my computer one day and I found this song Lost and Found by Adrienne Pierce. Which of course I liked lol so I sang it for you :D I hope u like it.

Back at the beach and Mike is going to build a sand castle!!! Oh joy....

So here we are at Lake Huron enjoying the sun and waves, and almost drowning…. Oh joy!

So here we are heading out from Petrolia and on the way to NorthBay.

Well let me see, I guess in this vid there will be oil, rust, and journey though chemical valley.

If you can't figure out what this video is about by reading the title, then you’re in trouble