Hmmm...

Well I haven't been on much lately due to real life getting in the way. It never does rain but it pours! I'm back at the drawing board, working on a portrait of the G man, Gerry Butler and while I'm doing this it looks like I might have another commission. And I just woke up one day with a great idea for a novel, so off to NaNoWriMo land I go next month to try and write 50,000 words in 30 days. And as if THAT isn't enough I am going on vacation next week....

Which brings me to my next topic...PAST LIVES...And the novel I'm going to write....

But a quick blurb would not do this topic justice so I'll save it for next time. But perhaps in the meantime you can consider just what you think about this notion. Are souls recycled? Do we get "do overs" in order to transform into higher beings worthy of going to the ethereal plane? Or do we only get one shot at life and then live eternity with the consequences?

Think about it.......

The Sky's The Limit

 This is my idea of a perfect day:


Arms outstretched, opened wide
I gaze upon a great divide.
Metal bird, wings that soar
Take me to the evermore...
Then let me go, down to below
Poised, I take a breath................. then jump........................
Plummeting
Through pristine
Clouds of chrystalline
Shards of ice
Flashes of white
Winds slap
And attack
My breath held back
Plunging downward
Spiral dances
Gravity is not my friend
Nor backward glances
It's time! Screams my inner voice
I heed the words and make the choice
And yank the cord,
Such reward, to hear the swoosh of parachute
Relief I absolutely can't refute.
The ground below spreads its arms
Mother Earth turns on her charm
She calls to me...
Such ecstasy, the view from up above
I'm sailing down, like peaceful dove
Sailing... soaring... sailing.......
...Glance below...
The canvas getting larger, verdant, the greens diverging
Becoming bushes, trees and grass, details emerging
And then my feet touch ground at last.
Replete yet empty, I look up
Blinded by the sun once more
I want to rise again and soar
'Gainst gravity and Newton's law...
I gather parachute and walk away
Thinking that tomorrow is another day.....

Zerophilia???

So last Friday night when I finally had the big huge TV in the family room all to myself I decided to settle in and watch one of my favorite movies, Zerophilia. For those who have no idea what it's about, it's basically about people of either sex that have an extra chromosome and can change sex initially whenever they have the "O".  Eventually they discover that they prefer one sex over the other and they choose to be one or the other.

Now imagine if we all could do that. No more "Men are from Mars, Women from Venus" books, no more counseling to understand why he doesn't listen, and she never shuts up,  no more wondering what turns the other sex on...It sure does sound great. Of course sex education would be a nightmare. But hey, that would be a small price to pay.

But honestly, if you could choose what sex you'd like to be, would you choose any differently? And underneath it all are men really all that different from women? Or do all of us carry the same baggage to a greater or lesser degree? And how much of who we are, male or female, is really just the product of our socialization?

Science theorizes that for a fetus to become male an extra step is needed that causes some degree of damage to the bridge between the two hemispheres of the male brain. It definitely allows men to focus more intensely on one thing at a time. Ever try to talk to a guy while he's watching a football game? See how far you get with that. A corpse would probably be more responsive.

Now women on the other hand have a huge bridge between the two hemispheres which accounts for how a mother can be on the phone while typing on her laptop and helping her kids with their homework. Of course all that multitasking means her brain is always in overdrive, which is probably why we talk so much.

Then of course there's the Venus and Mars people who say that men "do" and women "feel". Okay....So that's why your hubby buys you a vacuum cleaner for your 20th wedding anniversary and you "feel" insulted. And of course, he fixes your car out of love rather than for fear of hearing you nag about how he never delivers.

Alright so maybe there ARE a few differences. But how different? Ever look at women after menopause? Their hair thins, their waists thicken, voices deepen and they develop a keen sense of not putting up with any crap from anybody. They become like...their husbands.

And the husbands? Well... after a certain age they suddenly seem to develop a desire for conversation and a keen interest in what exactly their female partners do all day.

So does it all come down to a hormone ratio? Who knows? Or do we really want to know?  
     

My Country Tis of Thee...

In three weeks, those of us in the USA will go to the polls and vote for Congressional  candidates in  National elections. Ad campaigns bandy about slogans, news media outlets spew out stories about national policy issues and controversial campaigns. Democrats slur Republicans. Republicans retaliate.  Same old, same old.

To me the larger question is: Who will stand up for America? For the principals upon which this country was built? Have we forgotten why we became a nation in the first place?

Now I don’t like bringing up politics as it is a very thorny issue with most people but I would ask of everyone these few questions before you go and vote. Are you better off now than you were in the last election? Are we headed in the right direction?  Are our incumbants adhering to the principals upon which our country was founded? Are you happy with the balance of power between the government and the people?

Then go and vote….

As for me, I’m going to vote for freedom: the freedom to live my life as I see fit with minimal government interference. The freedom to choose how I die without government interference. The freedom to keep my wages in MY pocket with minimal government interference. The freedom to save my money and keep it for retirement without government interference. The freedom to raise my children as I see fit with minimal government interference. The freedom to allow my heirs to inherit what I’ve worked my whole life to build with minimal government interference. The freedom of businesses to operate with minimal government interference.And Doctors and Teachers to do the very same...

I will also vote for those who will uphold a government that will protect me from abuse whether domestic or foreign. As I see it that is its main responsibility. The rest is up to me.