Cassandra's lament

"one horse alone doesn't know there's another one, ten miles down the road" - Mary's Danish

I have always loved fairy tales, old stories, Aesop’s Fables and Greek myths. When I was very young and first read about Cassandra’s curse - she could foresee and speak IMPORTANT truths, especially about the NEAR FUTURE, but was cursed to never be believed.

She was the one who warned Troy not to take the horse.

Increasingly, due to geopolitical events, I feel I’ve become more and more Cassandra.

We’ve all had the feeling where we can see where something is heading, but those around us can’t. Due to the network effect, it feels like going on a ride that you know you aren’t going to like, but you have to take it. And it is also like your fellow riders grinning and smiling as you try to tell them what this ride is really about.

We are now entering now into an experientially surreal time.

And the Cassandra that I am, wants to contribute.

Obviously my only choice is to make Cassandras out of all of you too, so we can keep company.

Because the most healing thing for one Cassandra is to say her piece and have another Cassandra nod in recognition.

We un-gaslight each other.

You all are the only ones I want to save anyway.

I wanted to present an alternative story for Cassandra - one freer from the long arm of misogyny.

I started to work on it, but it started to depress me HOW MANY THINGS I would have to change.

Read the rest of this post & watch the cute Eclipse Season video I made - xo Jess