"incarnation of inspiration"

Artwork titled "Open the Gate" by Talula Love Bottoms
Photo Credit "Come down from your fences" Talula Vague aka Kate Facenda
The idea behind this artwork is that..when you are in love the key loops threw the
circle and thats how it hangs...
When you are not in love...it hangs separate. Directions on the back. lol.
Photo's available in any size...message me for details and pricing.



Have I found you?
(flightless bird)

or have I lost you?
(American Mouth)

Talula.
Talula.

The name Talula love Bottoms comes from the Tori Amos song
titled the same. Talula.
The song is about the fear of losing someone. Ideals.

Perhaps the biggest riddle (and who doesn't love a good riddle) of all five of
Tori Amos'albums is "Talula." The archetype that she utilizes to frame the song
stretches the boundaries of comprehension because it is combined with a
variety of obscure historical allusions.

Talula may be best represented by the archetypal character The Soul-Mate: the princess or "beautiful lady"; incarnation of inspiration and spiritual fulfillment.

Complex issues arise within the dimensions that Talula perseveres to represent
Mary Magdalene. In Tori Amos' words: I was really drawn to the bloodline
of womanhood. Mary Magdalene, the idea of the Magdalene having been a
blueprint; not the Virgin or the Divine Mother but woman- high
priestess, not just the chick that washed Jesus' feet with her tears.

(Wait?? is this saying that Mary Magdalen is the "blueprint" for Talula. Ha. YES...
of course she is...anyone starting to see this on a higher level yet? Kate..go ahead and start photoing EXACTLY what you see in your head while you are reading this).

Talula and this Mary Magdalene archetype elicits "comparable
psychological responses and serve similar cultural functions" (Guerin
157).

In an early version of "Talula," the beginning lines make an
obscure allusion to Marie Antoinette: (ok..and now we go from
Mary Magdalen to Marie Antoinette...its ok; it was also hard for me the first
round when I realized what exactly I was dealing with).

"Said you had a double tongue/
balancing cake and bread/ say goodbye to a glitter girl"
(yes...say goodbye to her. She JUST left town)

"It's one thing to be a glitter girl, but it's another
thing to be all woman. And that's what Marie Antoinette desperately
wanted". Marie Antoinette is placed in juxtaposition to the Talula for the sake of making Talula truly positive and not to be mistaken for the Good or Terrible Mother
archetypes.
(I like how it says to THE Talula). lol.

The Talula/Mary Magdalene/Soul Mate archetype can be applied to two other songs,
"Marianne" and "Jackie's Strength" but within a slightly different
context. "Marianne" is a positive feminine character even though the
song maintains a dismal, mournful tone in comparison to "Talula." Tori
Amos comments on who Marianne is: "Mary Magdalene reference, a young
girl who I knew that died. There's the whole idea of that part of
woman that has been dormant, who's been dead". Marianne is the "quickest girl in the frying pan".
(Marianne is Mary Magdalen too? and so is Talula?)

You follow? Because I'm not going to explain this again.
If you are curious whether my intent is true...

it is very true, it is next level true and my only heart wrenching
passion is to surrender to this "incarnation of inspiration." As if
I have much choice.

uh huh. xo.

Have I found you?
(flightless bird)

Or lost you?
(American Mouth)


Note: *used a few blogs/essays for the above info. However it was
academic and not sourced.

and a shout out to Iron and Wine for the lyrics "Flightless Bird, American Mouth"