The Ides

But Beware the Ides of March.
March was named after the Roman god of war and agriculture, Mars.  Harvesting of the wheat seems to be traditionally associated with the month of august/september and Virgo the Virgin, forever clutching her sheaf of wheat while the dualistic bird flies over her humble head. Mars seems to be the opposite, wreak destruction on the living, to make way for the new crop to later be harvested.  It's interesting because the Pisces fish brings in the month of March, the exact opposite sign to a virgo.  Hmm..one is so necessary for the other

And now some awesome tunes that I listened to today

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXrMXnsHKeY&list=UUUPa51J9OSl1DDcIwGdOVeg&index=2. The Future of the Left
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EurxY7l9Nps&list=UUUPa51J9OSl1DDcIwGdOVeg Wilderness
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-X_mGWOHEKY. Interpol

The Blue

Islands of sand seemed to disintegrate into the lake.  The mountains fell, and the great glaciers crashed.  The birds ceased to sing, and the horses shrieked in utter agony.
"Say hello to the angels," she cried softly to herself while staring at the blue moon hanging high in the sky.

Sometimes I'm Dreaming

And now I know how Joan of Arc felt-The Smiths
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgxEJOi6GtA

The alkaline taste climbed and clawed up the back of her throat..that thing is coming again, she can no longer close the gates.

What the Thunder Says

http://www.versedaily.org/2013/thethundersays.shtml                                                                       wonderful verse for a troubled night

The Grapes

"Tom was silent for a moment, then, "I'm gonna take a fall outa you, Al. You jus' scrabblin' ass over tit, fear somebody gonna pin some blame on you.  I know what's a matter.  Young fella, all full a piss an' vinegar. Wanta be a hell of a guy all the time. But, goddamn it, Al, don' keep ya guard up, when nobody ain't sparrin' with ya.  You gonna be all right." - p.248

"Every night a world created, complete with furniture-friends made and enimies established; a world complete with braggarts and with cowards, with quiet men, with humble men, with kindly men. Every night relationships that make a world, established; and every morning the world torn down like a circus.
At first the families were timid in the building and tumbling worlds, but gradually the technique of building worlds became their technique.  Then leaders emerged, then laws were made, then codes came into being.  And as the worlds moved westward they were more complete and better furnished, for their builders were more experienced in building them.
The families learned what rights must be observed-the right of privacy in the tent; the right to keep the past black hidden in the heart; the right to talk and to listen; the right to refuse help or to accept, to offer help or to decline it; the right of son to court and daughter to be courted; the right of the hungry to be fed; the rights of the pregnant and the sick to transcend all rights.
And the families learned, although no one told them, what rights are monstrous and must be destroyed: the right to intrude upon privacy, the right to be noisy while the camp slept, the right of seduction or rape, the right of adultery and theft and murder. These rights were crushed, because the little worlds could not exist for even a night with such rights alive." -p.265

John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath

The Voices Ordered Her to Cut Her Hair, and put on male clothing

Joan, or Jeanne, was also called the Maid D'Orleans.  She grew up tending to her families farm and learning religion and various other housekeeping skills. She never learned to read or write.  The general consensus seems to be that around the age of 12 she began hearing voices of St. Michael (held in high esteem and believed to be the vicorious leader and the protector of heaven over the powers of hell. He is also the patron saint of paratroopers and sickness, among other things), Catherine of Alexandria ( a virgin martyr, also known as saint catherine of the wheel. she was martyred on the stake wheel, a torture device that later came to be known as the catherine wheel. A favorite band of mine was named after the catherine wheel http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DoEav9mAB3U  . Catherine is the patron saint of virgin girls, girls, craftsmen who work with wheels, archivists, and knife sharpeners, among others), and St. Margaret (whose existence has been debateable. there are varying stories, one of which is that she was the pagan Aphrodites transformation into Christianity. She was also a virgin martyr who is usually depicted standing atop a dragon.  Some of her patronages are childbirth, pregnant women, peasants, exiles, and those falsely accused).  It's interesting to note that Joan, who was later falsely accused of witchcraft and martyred, heard her voice. The voices ordered her to cut off all her hair, put on male clothing and armour, and take up arms to save France. 

Joan of Arc

This particular drawing was done in conjuction with my reading about Joan of Arc (Jeanne D'Arc). Joan of Arc was born on January 6, aprox. 1412 in a small village in the Eastern part of France called Domremy.