DMIN 712 - Teresita

On Sex And the City’s episode “A Woman’s Right to Shoes”, Carrie, the main character creates a gift registry for her wedding to herself.  Finally, her friends would have a chance to shower her with gifts. And perhaps her friend would replace Carries’s shoes. The ones that were stolen after she asked all her bridal shower’s guest to remove their shoes.  Someone decided to “borrow” Carrie’s Manolos, without return. As my extenuated brain continues to process our class readings, these are the songs that pop up In my reflections to offer some distraction, and perhaps some insight.  I‘do say, like Carrie, Feminine Divine does not need a fiancée or a wedding to have her own Shower playlist. 1) F*cking Perefect - Pink “  Mistreated, misplaced, misunderstood Miss "No way, it's all good", it didn't slow me down Mistaken, always second guessing, underestimated Look, I'm still around” AC, “Pink - Perfect (clean version)”, March 6, 2011, Video. 3:41,  http s://www.youtube....

This was Sheri’s response to my S1 question about the worship of Asherah.  And it has been haunting me since.  In which ways does Lady God’s power change if She MUST be married to her male counterpart, to be Her? I just officiated a sweet wedding this morning.  It was a secular ceremony, however the divine was there present in me,  in them, and in fact all around us;  as people walked their dogs in the neighboring park, as a falcon expanded her wings and suddenly we were under her canopy.  She landed gracefully on a tree branch, extending generously from a young tree. Delightful morning.   The day before, during rehearsal we worried that the unforgiving Florida sun  would hit our guests on their faces. But today a blanket of clouds hovered above our heads Thick enough to offer a shadow, but thin enough to let enough sunlight through.  The perfect lighting for beautiful pictures. A miracle? A miracle. First, the groom marched down the isle wit...

*I and my My fear is that I am self-preoccupied. I'm an introvert by definition. Which means that most times I seek alone time to wrestle with thoughts, ideas, recall memories, create, interpret, and make connections.   Julia de Burgos is the Puerto Rican poet I quote at the top of this blog. Her famous poem A Julia de Burgos is just that, a conversation with the self she refuses to restrain.  She and I, we share that battlefield. These are a few verses from her famous poem A Julia de Burgos that help define me and  my work. Ya las gentes murmuran que yo soy tu enemiga porque dicen que en verso doy al mundo tu yo. People now murmur that I am your enemy For they claim that in verses I reveal your essence to the world. Tú eres fría muñeca de mentira social, y yo, viril destello de la humana verdad. You are the cold-blooded doll of social deceit, And I, the virile splendor of human truth. Tú eres solo la grave señora señorona; yo no; yo soy la vida, la fuerza, la...