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Women’s lives are historically complex - biologically, and at the insistence of society. Over to the same shape, but the sinuous tenacity of a tree: finding theīut out of such persistence arose turtles, rivers, mitochondria, figs. Not the simple resistance of a pillow, whose foam returns over and More and more I have come to admire resilience. It’s a long tradition for us to present the acceptable face as camouflage for the more textured reality. The longings and searchings of women weren’t extinguished, they went into hiding. Concealment wasn’t a choice, it was a necessity – a kind of Don’t ask, Don’t tell. When societal norms refused women opportunities to express themselves fully, they often went underground, becoming faceless, but ensuring their voices were heard…publishing under male noms de plume, feeding their ideas to their male counterparts, subversively having a tipple and scandalous conversation among their own kind. One more example of the timeless practise of women protecting themselves against interference by men! Next morning early she paraded outside his window and lured him into letting her ride him around the garden, ensuring that Alexander would come upon them and be moved to reverse his abandonment of her.

Read the book, have a look at Ms McKay’s website and enjoy the story of vibrators as a cure for hysteria!Īlexander the Great, urged by Aristotle to sever his romantic relationship with his paramour, Phyllis, reluctantly agreed, but revealed Aristotle’s counsel to Phyllis, who determined she would teach the old man a lesson. I consumed Ami McKay's superb The Birth House, about the "struggles women have faced to control of their own bodies" and how they found ways to express their private selves. We have a wealth of artists and craftspeople in our extended neighbourhood, lots of theatre and music, and a number of writers.

The final window shows the freed Eve in a swirl of colour with the silhouette of a Folies-Bergère dancer." Rather than handing Adam an apple, she is handing him (back) a rib. The second, showing Adam and Eve, is a take-off on the 1526 German painting by Lucas Cranach the Elder. The first window shows a serpent in a tree overlooking the scene. This light-hearted piece, Adam and Eve, silk fabrication by Marilyn Preus and forged metal work by Brad Hall, "rejects the notion of Eve as the temptress. There is a simultaneous children’s version called Paint the Park There is a daily auction of work created during the event. About 80 artists participate, interpreting the scenery, historic buildings and lively culture in a variety of media. The Annapolis Region Communty Arts Council organizes an annual event called Paint the Town - dates for 2009 are August 18 and 19. The province has offered us a magnificent landscape, an abundance of truly fresh seafood, a simpler life, new friendships, and a rich culture to discover. This reading angel lies in nearby Paradise, which is next door to.Eden! Once a year the Paradise community has a moonlight concert with a Big Band in the spacious grounds of an impressive old house, and there we found her! Personally, I've always been more vixen than angel, but who could resist? From Love at First Sight, by Wislawa Szymborskaįive years ago, my Art and I started a process of relocating from New Orleans to the other end of the Evangeline trail, and now live for the most part (the not-so-cold part) in Nova Scotia.