Picture it and write: The Goddess
by joetwo
Hi there! This is my offering for this week’s picture it and write from Ermilia’s blog here. Once again the picture is not mine I only use it for inspiration. Anyway; Enjoy!
The Goddess
Behold the Goddess.
A complex creature.
Three parts
A whole life, every stage in the one form.
She starts with the maiden. Young and naive. Still in the blossom of her youth. The world is all before her. Every sense new, every experience a marvel. She is the beauty of a spring. The dawn in a new day. The tingle in a first kiss. Life before it has been lived. The potential that she holds.
She changes. The maiden becomes the mother. The bringer of life. The cruicible of creation. Hers is a world of fear. Of the dangers that lurk in the night. Ever vigilant, she guards her brood. With every moment she nurtures and protects. Her being is devoted to service, the burden of the future, the continuance of the cycle. Under her stead the generations march on.
Once more; a new face. This one old and grey, the crone. Long since barren. What she has lost of fertility she has gained in wisdom. For her every sunrise is seen through the lense of the thousands before it. Through her flow the tales of the ages and the power of old magic. She is the survivor, a leader, and font of knowledge. Her memory is our history, her guidance brings us to the safe path.
The maiden, the mother, the crone. Three women, the one goddess. Without one there are no others. The beauty of the maiden, the caring of the mother and the wisdom of the crone all linked, interdependant.
A trinity of being. The triple goddess.
I really appreciate the image of the Triple Goddess. All stages of life should be respected.
Indeed they should!
What a great way to approach the image. I love how you delved into three stages of this woman. Great work, Joe! I really loved this line – ‘For her every sunrise is seen through the lense of the thousands before it.’ Thanks for contributing!
– Ermisenda
Cheers Ermisenda! Thank you for reading!
Wow-love the interpretation and descriptions!
Thanks!
Beautiful. Love the flow, as one aspect transitions to the next.
Thanks! 🙂
It’s nice that she’s still a goddess in your eyes when she gets old. I really liked the sunrise line too.
Cheers Annie!
Your writing brings to mind something written by my favorite author, Robert A Heinlein. In “stranger in a Strange Land” he wrote
“Anybody can look at a pretty girl and see a pretty girl. An artist can look at a pretty girl and see the old woman she will become. A better artist can look at an old woman and see the pretty girl that she used to be. But a great artist-a master-and that is what Auguste Rodin was-can look at an old woman, portray her exactly as she is…and force the viewer to see the pretty girl she used to be…”
What you have done here is, to me, much the same thing. You have taken a picture of the maiden and helped me see the matron and crone, and see that within them both beats the heart of the maiden.
Bravo!
Thanks for liking my post at the Joyous Reach blog (http://joyousreach.wordpress.com/) and for leading me to what you have written.
Thanks a lot!