This morning I was sent a video link that interested me enough to watch it right away. It’s a seven minute video of a one woman show titled “In Our Right Minds” that entertains, teaches and implores us to think differently about women’s public image, roles and strengths. The message includes ideas that stem from 1000′s of years ago, modernized to be relevant in contemporary times – ideas that connect strength of community to strength of our feminine nature. It’s 7 minutes, cut from an hour and 15 minute show that made me smile, opened my heart and generated a spark to get my day started.
I got curious enough to go out to the performer’s (Dale Allen) website. Quickly seeing tour schedule I wondered where this show was currently performed. It did not take long to discover that I’d just missed, not only a local performance on March 25, but a hyper-local performance, here, at our own Howard County Community College.
That made me very sad.
Having spent a fair amount of time thinking about and taking action aimed at “creating community”, specifically geared toward regenerating the strength of our feminine nature, I am reminded of how much change will be required before this kind show not only gets wide publicity, but its message becomes integrated into the very fabric of our community, itself.
Creating community is much needed especially for those of us middleaged woman who live on our own in a city.
My experience is that women, young and older, need to recognize the feminine nature in themselves, that is neither commercially imposed thro products and false beauty images, nor the stereotyped roles of woman. Woman also need to learn how to use female power with wisdom and discretion. How to like and love, and yet not let ourselves be taken advantage of. And to think for themselves, clearly. Yes, we need community.