If our own lives are myths, and we are the heroes of those myths,
the on the arc of my hero's journey, I am going into the darkness -
not meaning the darkness of the scene - the darkness of the unknown
space, where I feel compelled to go. On this journey I will redefine
myself, and draw on strengths that have heretofore been dormant,
following instinct and the help of mentors to bring myself to the enlightened path.
As described by Joseph Campbell, the hero's journey begins with the call.
"One way or another, a guide must come to say, Look, you're in Sleepy Land. Wake.
Come on a trip. There is a whole aspect of your consciousness, your
being, that's not been touched.
So you're at home here? Well, there's not enough of you there."
"The call is to leave a certain social situation, move into your
own loneliness and find the jewel,
the center that's impossible to find when you're socially engaged. . .
The first step, detachment or withdrawal, consists in a radical
transfer of emphasis from the external to the internal world, marco
to microcosm, a retreat from the desperations of the waste land
to the peace of the everlasting realm that is within."
Translation for me: I've got to get the fuck out of this Sleepy
Time Village and get away from this lifestyle where I am barely
breathing or alive. I've got to shake off these perfunctory motions
and emotions, challenge my consciousness.
Dammit. I've only got this one life and so much to learn about myself.
And I'm bored with "normal" life, corporate culture. I feel as if
my will is stronger than everyone's around me.
And this is why I just want to be more honest -
what I am is not an acquiescent Asian female. I'm a dominant woman
and I need a sub male to "dominate" and the whole thing makes so
much sense . . Digable Planets echoes in my brain: We be to rap
what key be to lock. I'm a girl, he's a boy and it all makes perfect sense.
I was not sure where to begin with this. So I just began. And now
I have a few postulants who are simply waiting for me to tell them what I want.
The next challenge for me: What the hell do I want? What do I want out of this?
.:You'd asked me to write about what I thought of the evening.
I remember almost everything, maybe it's the drugs but I really feel as if I cannot
remember things in a linear fashion. What is stored in my memory - flashes.
Senju telling me to bend over and hold the towel rack as she laced me.
Senju on her knees behind me, and you behind her, saying "Beautiful".
Paulina's assessing gaze of me in my coveralls - ha!
I felt disoriented at the club. It was more of a fashion show, wasn't it?
Nothing was really going on.
I sensed an agenda between you, Senju, Paulina and B.
So I excused myself and went off to observe.
When I went to dance it was very freeing. I love to dance, anyway.
The club was like any other club, of course. Same people, same dancing - different clothes.
My attention was drawn to you all in the corner.
Senju, perched on a barstool, a chic hat perched atop her hair.
She cradled B's head in her lap and pulled at his nipples, raked her hands across his back.
Paulina stood by, her downcast gaze so gracefully and typically Japanese and feminine,
highlighting the glitter on her eyelids.
And of course, you, running the show with your whip.
Ignorant people getting in your way. Other people gathering to watch.
B's body buckling.
The rest of the evening at B's apt. seemed so surreal and yet totally natural to me.
When it seemed the game was on, I was struck by so many thoughts:
- the sport of it
- the technical proficiency
- the playfulness
- the trust
- the laughter
B gasping to you, exhaling with the pain: Does that please you?
God, that was sexy.
Senju asking you something, and you nod assent.
The next thing I remember is that she jumped up and clapped her
hands like a little girl, saying "I want to have more fun!" in her lovely accent,
then went to her things and got out the clamps or clothespins or whatever, and
affixed them to B.
She stood over him then, whipping the pins.
Everytime he groaned she would say "I know, I know, I know"
Paulina saying: Boys are boring. I like girls. Girls are more fun.
Then she starts to play with Q, who is of course, very acquiescent.
My conversation with you was probably one of the most significant connections I've made in a long time.
It is your face I remember, your smile, your eyes lighting up, your hands gesturing - Constellations, you said, and your eyes
twinkled as if the stars were in there, too. You should know that you were so beautiful in that moment.
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Postulants, this is a journey of mutual exploration.
I do not seek to "prove myself" to anyone.
I know what I am. You know what you are.
We might create those synergistic moments of trust and feeling alive that allow
us to transcend our mundane lives, if only for a little while.
But I do not wish to struggle between us. We struggle enough within ourselves,
keeping our affinities hidden from those who might not understand.
If some of you are further along the path than I am, then I look to you
for acceptance as well.
In less serious news, I have taken some lovely photos with a photographer friend.
And if you're particularly attentive, then perhaps I will grace you with one!
LO