Yes, Mata Hari Day here.
A celebration of risk-taking, stunning corsetry and seduction.
I have no idea, of course, whether she really was a spy or just set up as easy diversion and fall girl.
But I would rather concentrate on the power, strength and beauty of the images she created and left us, that compelling mysterious creature. One aspect of archetype to which all girls aspire.
Seriously.
Girls do want a bit, or a lot, of intrigue. We would like to not be totally known. Even in her dance, the lady of our hour rarely disrobed entirely, always leaving something, not to the imagination, but, perhaps, to be earned.
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"The Gypsy Dancer appears to be free from the societal constraints. The Gypsy as the Wild Woman archetype has magical powers, powers which make her dangerous. She is out-of-control, or at least beyond the control of the patriarchy. She evokes fear, especially in the subconscious where the Wild Woman lurks within us all. We are afraid to let her out because we may lose control." ---Laurel Victoria Gray
Yup. (cue Jack Nicholson voice, the Shining):
"Here's.......Lilith!!"
Or, small child in the mirror:
Red Rum!
So, Mark, how do you feel surrounded by all this dangerously seductive Femininity? It seems you aren't too afraid to plunge right in...?
There are such a myriad of delightfully subversive ways to undermine the patriarchy, yes? And, oddly enough, many of them seem to involve a certain sort of bewitchment.
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