Little Red Riding Hood and it's less Disney
origins are pretty fascinating.
Take that or another fable and... make it yours.
Set it in a different time and place and throw it through your filter in the
way you may or may not have done with the "female first" or "male
first" prisms.
Because the story is known and familiar you're
"allowed" to do more unfamiliar things.
What's primary in YOUR lens as you confront the
"known" entity of a fable?
Annoyed at kids stuff? MAKE IT ADULT AS
HEEELLLLL
Look, this is your id. This is your ego. This is
your Super Ego. Do what thou wilt.
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Landed in Nashville on the way to Philly, internet access achieved - my luck this morning is finally a little less last minute and manic...
PREVIOUSLY...
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Landed in Nashville on the way to Philly, internet access achieved - my luck this morning is finally a little less last minute and manic...
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Another Auggie-Sarah scene
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SARAH
is reading a book.
AUGGIE
noodles something on the guitar. Then -
AUGGIE
Talk
to me about the moon.
SARAH
That
a song lyric, or are you trying to engage me in conversation? It's hard to tell sometimes.
AUGGIE
Sorry. Didn't mean to interrupt the book.
SARAH
That's
OK. Conversation?
AUGGIE
Conversation.
SARAH
What
about the moon?
AUGGIE
The
cycles of the moon.
SARAH
The
esbats.
AUGGIE
I
know they're important to you.
SARAH
Yes.
AUGGIE
Did
you think I was being romantic?
SARAH
I
wouldn't object. I also wouldn't object
to a song, by the way. But I don't mind
talking about the esbats.
AUGGIE
This
might help me with a song, which then might also be romantic.
SARAH
Well,
the big ones are the new moon, the dark moon and the full moon - and what they
mean varies depending on your tradition.
AUGGIE
The
dark moon, huh?
SARAH
Figured
you'd gravitate toward that one.
AUGGIE
No
pun intended.
SARAH
Not
a space guy, never heard of the dark moon.
AUGGIE
Nope,
enlighten me.
SARAH
No
pun intended?
AUGGIE
Oops,
sorry.
SARAH
It's
related to the new moon. The dark moon
is the point in the cycle where the moon isn't visible at all. The new moon is when it starts to become
visible. I don't really mess much with
the distinction between the dark moon and the new moon but some traditions do.
AUGGIE
What
kind of distinctions?
SARAH
Magical
ones. Important ones. But like I say, that's not my tradition. I just think it's neat, kinda creepy. No moon in the sky. Losing sight of the moon, just for a little
bit.
AUGGIE
So
what's the new moon do?
SARAH
Well,
some traditions view it as an ending, a time to purge negative forces. Me, I view it as more of a beginning.
AUGGIE
And
the full moon?
SARAH
The
folks who view the new moon as an end, view the full moon as more of a
beginning.
AUGGIE
But
you view the new moon as a beginning, so -
SARAH
When
I was starting out, I took a cue from my friend Eli. They were a new moon/beginning kind of
person, too. Eli looked at the new moon
as sort of an empty glass of understanding.
So each new moon, you ask yourself a question, maybe set yourself a goal
for something to learn. And during the
waxing of the moon -
AUGGIE
As
the moon fills in -
SARAH
Right. You're slowly filling the cup, you're keeping
the question in mind. You're trying to
learn more about yourself, your life, your faith, your purpose over that time.
AUGGIE
And
then when the moon is full -
SARAH
You
look at what you've learned. You examine
your understanding. You feel what you've
grown into. Then, over the course of the
next couple of weeks -
AUGGIE
The
waning of the moon -
SARAH
Right. You're trying to incorporate that new
knowledge of yourself and the world into the rest of your life. You're living a bit more intentionally with
each passing moon.
AUGGIE
Slowly
drinking from the cup.
SARAH
And
then it's a new moon, a new question, and cup starts to fill again. 26 esbats, 26 cycles in the course of a year.
(to be continued)
PREVIOUSLY...
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OK, I'm gonna put a marker
here just in case.
Research, plus working on
song lyrics, plus preparing to travel to the family out east for the holidays,
has me already up way too late for my early morning flight. So the new plan is to finish a draft of the
scene for this on the first leg of the plane flight in the morning. I should be landing at 7:40am, so I could
squeak in under the wire and post as long as internet access is working at the
airport. Fingers crossed. In the meantime, here's the place holder.
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Lights up
Scene with Auggie and
Sarah - talking about songwriting, the moon, and seasonal markers for witches.
Lights down
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