The Young Man

Her empty eyes reflected back the emptiness she felt inside. Why did people have to die just when you were really starting to love them. Everything is so impermanant. Whose shoulder would she put her head on now when she felt inconsolable? God didn't play fair. Who told Him that we wanted to grow through things like this? It didn't make any sense. Why? This man had had so much potential, and now he was gone. The universe sighed. When would they get it, Karma is real.

My Love for Sade...

I first fell in love in 1992 when I bought my first Sade cassette, remember those? I bought Love Deluxe. I felt like she was singing to me. Maybe that's my mental illness, but I felt an instant connection to this sultry Diva. I used to work scanning documents for Texaco and I used to listen to that cassette all during my shift, until I wore it out, literally. I saw her in concert a few weeks ago. I was so charged with emotion. It was over too soon. I wanted to go to another concert but there wasn't one. She is such a sweetie, but she is more mature now, she's 51, although she only looks 31. As I have stateed my books starting with The Girl, the Moon, and the Melon are about a mythical life with the soul of Sade and my Soul. Hey if you're going to play God as a writer why not be one, or goddess in this case. I hope someday I get to meet her. I doubt I'll impress her, but it would be nice.

My First Short, Short...

The Girl Next Door

There was a girl that knew that Death lived just around the corner. She never went that way on her way to work or to the market, even though it was shorter that way. When Death came for her he knocked politely on the door, but she wasn't there. She had given Death the slip. Bet you wish you knew her secret.

Impromptu...

I think writing should come from the heart more than it comes from the head. If everything becomes a crossed t or dotted i than the poetry is lost, yet I think it is important to edit afterward. Good writing is like surfing, you try to take on the biggest wave of feeling and ride it to a pretty end. If you learn to surf the need to use a pick and sword for slash and pick it apart techniques becomes almost obsolete. I think Shakespeare knew how to surf, and Mozart along other lines. I love to write to music. The right music intensifies the wave. Happy surfing. : )

My Religious Philosophy....

I believe in a Catholic Christ, but I disagree with the church on what that represents. I believe in reincarnation, and even believe that this life is a lesson in what it is to have a penis, something I wanted in my last life as a very feminine woman. She lived in a time when men had all the power, and she wanted some a that, as much good as it's done me. I've always been treated like a woman, and not in the good sense.

I believe that the majority of my past lives have been as a woman, but my male lives are always as a writer/poet/artist/musician/inventor.

I love Christ, but I believe that Krishna was a previous incarnation of his as the Christ principle, just as the Ancient of Days is and was also Sanat Kumara. The church has it right, the God principle is shown in paintings as the Ancient of Days, and sitting next to him is Jesus the Christ, and next to him is the Queen Mother, Mary.

So comes Mother Mary, the Mother principle in heaven and on earth. A true goddess, who gave birth to Christ and Buddha. I could go into it more, but this is a good overview.

The Inspiration for The Girl, the Moon, and the Melon...

I guess I wish that I was a lesbian. I like women, but not as a man. Well, I guess I could, but I wish I was a woman, I choose to be a woman. The only thing, I'm afraid of the knife, plus I don't have the money. So who is Amy based on, Henrietta's lover in this book? Who else but Sade. I know, she's not a Lesbian. Hey, it could happen, under different circumstances. Now that the cat is out of the bag, please tread lightly on my feelings. Thank you.

Rena

Work on Book Three...

Book Three Living at the Ritz is starting out well and is set in the year 2072. There are flying saucers by that time, and many new buildings including the tallest building in the world. Baby Christopher is Henrietta's and Amy's new edition to their family. In fact Chapter Two is titled: We're a Family It's fun inventing new forms of entertainment like Halogram imagers, Low Frequency Resonance Hi-Fi sets that create the ultimate surround sound experience without pissing off your neighbors. It's going to be a fun book to write, I can feel it already.