But underneath the costumes and behind the props, Cline is unapologetically and uniquely himself. Instead of producing rabbits from top hats, Cline feels drawn to the characters underneath them-Uncle Sam, Willy Wonka, and the Wizard of Oz-and often portrays them in local parades. He may be very good at conjuring up an illusion on the spot, but nothing about Cline feels disingenuous. Cline is careful to make a distinction between the art of deflection and deception. Barnum was a showman, yes, but he was also a liar. | Photo: Alexandra CharitanĪ documentary filmmaker dubbed Cline the “Blue Ridge Barnum,” which is close, but still not entirely accurate. For more than 20 years, he has hosted “ Haunting Tales,” a nightly ghost tour in Lexington, Virginia-but he doesn’t consider himself to be a tour guide either. He has built two full-size replicas of Stonehenge and recently opened Dinosaur Kingdom II, which, like Cline himself, is too difficult to describe in just a few words. His Enchanted Castle Studios creations populate roadside attractions throughout the country. Since he was 19 years old, Cline has been creating fiberglass figures. But like one of his heroes, Harry Houdini, Cline doesn’t consider himself a magician. ![]() His hands were bound behind his back and he was submerged in a milk can full of water, from which he easily escaped-twice. He has ridden blindfolded through a ring of fire on a unicycle. we do it till we are questioned in the same way! How and when did we each realise that we were women? When did we realise that being a woman made us a lesser specie? There must be as many stories, as there are woman in the world.Mark Cline has been shot out of a canon, hanged, and had his head cut off. Haven't we all? We are wired to question things in a certain way. In many ways this piece is more a realisation than a complaint. Just as much as I have been stereotyped, I have stereotyped. Somewhere between the oft paining inside and the oft resilient outside, a woman always suffers the need to be just her and yet not be shamed for that. We can't even claim justice under general law, there is a need to speed it up, there is such a pattern to it! It is a vocation among certain class of society, organised dowry crimes! Torture against women is an institutionalised affair, you need special laws to protect against dowry deaths and marital tortures. Maybe the right to not be a chattel of her family (parental and or marital) and her husband. Maybe the right to disquietude without having to worry about cultural consequences. Maybe the right to opt into and out of work as per her own vision of how her children should be nurtured. What does a woman need? Maybe that right to take a detour from work once in a while to go shop or have a cup of tea with friends, while someone happily steps in to take care of home. Trapped in gossamer web of culture and tradition, she fails to notice her individuality within this whirlpool of unending expectations and undue disrespect! Girls in India are children of discontent, their birth a tragedy in many families, their ability to foster life is at once a blessing and a bane. ![]() Too less education and then there are only walls, no doors going anywhere. A little bit more education and somehow all doors tighten. In India often women are given education, just enough to get them past their father's door, in through the door of her marital home. ![]() While there are values and there are duties, that are inseparable from every individual, there is yet a soul that needs to be tended to, with tender loving care and it needs to grow too. Why are women not enough for themselves? Why is all impression of contentment associated with their family bliss? Why should she not be always inwardly contented, happy or alternatively why should she not ask for more, if she has a blissful family life? The desire for more is natural and human. so what if you lost everything! That last statement should have been the first to begin with. You be contented you have a great husband, beautiful lovable children and a great family, so what if you don't work.? You be contented you have a great husband, and beautiful lovable children, so what if the family is difficult.? You be contented you have beautiful lovable children, so what if your husband is not all that great.? You be contented that you have a home over your head, so what if you don't have kids and not such a great husband and family.? You be contented you have yourself. You should be contented, you have a great job, a great husband, beautiful lovable children and a great family (Read Marital Family).
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