Comments on: Eating Red Riding Hood

By: Epiphany Girl

Epiphany Girl — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 12:04:35 +0000

Dear Tess,
I just came across your site a few days ago and am drinking in the wisdom of your journey and the beauty of your images. The collage is amazing. As a young(ish) woman looking into a future that she hopes will lead her along a path towards being that wise old woman I am so glad to have found this picture along my way.
Blessings,
Marisa

By: Tess

Tess — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 17:53:17 +0000

SS and Christine, many thanks for this, glad for your comments.

By: Abbey of the Arts

Abbey of the Arts — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 17:04:17 +0000

Tess, I read this last week but I think in the midst of my busyness I didn’t really hear your words. I returned again today and have found such beauty in this image, I love your re-framing of the story, and likely how it was originally meant to be heard. It seems the other character in the story is the reader, and depending on where we are in our own journey will color the lens with which we see the meaning here.

By: Sunrise Sister

Sunrise Sister — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 01:53:03 +0000

Wow, the words AND the collage are terrific. I dropped by to go back to your music list and stopped because the collage was so beautiful – glad that I did!

xoxo

By: Tess

Tess — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 08:30:24 +0000

Elaine, thanks for this, a butt-kickin’ RR, methinks!

By: Elaine

Elaine — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 04:21:12 +0000

You might enjoy this image of another fearless Red Riding Hood here:
http://www.uppercasegallery.ca/uppercase-journal/2008/6/6/worklife-jody-hewgill.html

By: Tess

Tess — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 14:41:32 +0000

GW: your mention of Angela Carter certainly rings a bell. I wonder if I’ve read this anthology a few years ago. Must look it out.
Wren: thank you.

By: Wren

Wren — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 23:01:23 +0000

The collage is rich with your story, strong and peaceful. It is something I’ll want to come back to again and again.

By: lucy

lucy — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 14:08:13 +0000

i figured he (the frog) was covering up something, but i don’t think he is there by mistake

By: The Green Witch

The Green Witch — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 08:32:11 +0000

I love your collage. I want to be that old woman!

The wolf as guardian interests me – guardian of the transformative power that Red RH needed to use to gain her full strength? Perhaps the reason the woods were so frightening to Red was that she feared her own power, something I believe to be quite common, particularly among those growing into their spirituality.

Angela Carter, a great writer, retold the Red Riding Hood fable, making Red RH the agressor against the wolf. In fact, The Bloody Chamber, her anthology of rewritten fairy tales, skews the perception of the old fables until all the hapless heroines win the day – some by dastardly tricks indeed.