What's a Mother, really? In concept it is a matrix from which individualized new life can spring - the earth, the sea, the skies, mountains, etc. Since life springs from all sorts of things - sub-atomic particles, individual cells, the singularity before the Big Bang - we also find matter itself named Mother. Black Madonnas such as the one at Chartres Cathedral are worshiped in many mythologies. Sci-fi and speculative fiction might find parallels between the still missing Dark Matter and the elusive Dark Mother.  

Some myths tell of humans springing from stones, fire, sweat, wind, and in Persian stories the Waqwaq tree that bears human beings as fruit. Scientists have now turned skin cells into sperm cells  - which does make you wonder about some of those creation stories with magical births.

Science continued to shed light on mythology. Microchimerism explains how a human or puppy in the womb leaves behind some of its genetic material in the mom. That can then be passed on to subsequent children/pups, as evidenced in the Rh factor syndrome. Think how this might apply in stories about shape shifting as well as the importance of virgins and the first-born child in some cultures.  

Some women just aren't cut out to be moms. Though they wreak  havoc in real life, they do make for dramatic stories. In Greek myth Medea was a gorgeous sorceress who seduced Prince Jason (without too much difficulty) into taking her away and making her his queen. All went well between the passionate lovers, they had two young sons, and then for political reasons Jason had to marry a much younger local princess. Infuriated, Medea pretended to go along but then treacherously killed the girl. Then to spite the faithless Jason she killed her own little boys.

Versions of this tragedy keep repeating in real life as mothers kill their children. In Greater Tuna Texas's high school play Medea kills her children because, "She did not want them to be raised by a Yankee stepmother". The prevalence of wicked stepmonsters in fairy tales hints that this is a too familiar real-life problem.

Who are your favourite reality, myth, or media moms - wonderful, wicked, or indifferent?

MYTH NOTES

One of the Global Challenges identified by the Millennium Project is the Status of Women .  

Our Mythic Challenges program helps you use Mythic Themes, Archetypes, and Symbols to "Create Stories that Change the World".

Some issues your own stories could address -- the link between a woman's education and the number of children she bares, connections between drugs and post-partum depression, property rights in patriarchies versus matriarchies, etc. 

The Entertainment Industries Council at www.eiconline.org offers guidance to accurately portray some of these issues.  

Along those lines, check out the various groups of Mothers Making an Impact.    

See "Familial Love" in our new book SHOW ME THE LOVE!

Also "Mommie Dearest and Bad Dads" in The Power of the Dark Side 

In Inner Drives explore the Aspirational Solar Plexus for good moms, and for the bad ones, the Lower Solar Plexus, Sacral, and Root Centers.     

      Read other good interviews on and by media-makers on Dave's site.

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"Marilyns, Moms, Muses"

Romantic Archetypes
for Script Magazine
INNER DRIVES monthly column
based on Pamela Jaye's book.

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"The Three Levels of the Dark Side" 

for Savvy Authors

Join Pamela Jaye's online course beginning June 2

"Create Great Villains & Villainesses"  

Kathie Fong Yoneda & Pamela Jaye

Endings - Pamela Jaye

The Dark Side of Light - Pamela Jaye

Great Villains - Pamela Jaye

Write For the Shoot - Pamela Jaye & Bruce Logan

Director-Cinematographer Bruce Logan next to camera, Producer Pamela Jaye, Gaffer, Key Grip - Hyundai commercials

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Practicing the Pitch

PAY THE PIPER, DANCER

Hollywood is a hard place to be a failure.  

 

Perhaps even harder is to live with your own success.

   

   

Plagued by the down-side of her theatrical accomplishments, famous director Felice has decided to drown her sorrows... and herself. Billy, a homeless young man from Santa Monica Boulevard's gay cruising market is looking to score. He breaks into a luxurious Hollywood Hills house where Felice floats face down in the swimming pool.

 

Hoping to find a quiet place to hang out alone or something to steal for drugs, Billy instead finds himself rescuing Felice. Angry that he foiled her plans for oblivion, she digs into his brief but troubled history. The initially combative situation evolves into a tenuous intimacy as the fragile gates of regret are battered down to reveal the sins and losses that haunt them both.

 

Trusting a stranger is often easier than trusting those who know you. Family, fame, drugs, love, disappointment, disillusionment... through the course of the evening, Felice and Billy challenge each other to face the truth about themselves, to connect again with their dreams,  

and to redeem their personal worth.

 

But can they move forward from this brief redemption?

 

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 SUIT OF LIGHTS

The Matador and the Ambassador's wife are having a torrid, secret affair.  Or so they think.

The seemingly proper and decorous life in diplomatic circles hides undercurrents of intrigue, ambition, and treachery.  

WALLS OF PARADISE

In a fantasy wilderness a young hunter breaks all the rules and steals
an exotic animal said to be  

a charm for easy childbirth.  

He risks his livelihood and his life to save his beloved wife and their new child.

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PETRA VOLARE 

Scroll 1: From the Shadows

Reece Michaelson & Pamela Jaye Smith

-- a new archetype for young girls --

From between the pages of myth, history, and time itself steps the previously unknown sister of Icarus (the Boy Who Flew Too Close to the Sun). In ancient Crete 11-year old inventor Petra Volare discovers, explores, and learns to fulfill her destiny of rewriting the very stories by which we live...  

 
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Great American PitchFest

June 19-22, 2014

Burbank Marriott, Burbank CA  

Ten percent [10%] discount - use code PJSGAPF11.

Participating Companies so far. Check out the impressive lineup of production companies, agencies, and managers.  

Let us know you're registered with the discount and choose one of our seminar downloads as our gift to you.   

If you just want to attend the Saturday classes, the $25 Conference Pass allows you entry to all of them.  

'Endings', 11am - 12:30pm  

(Sat. June 21) Sunset A/B

'Write For the Shoot' with Emmy-winning Director and Cinematographer Bruce Logan

1pm - 2:30pm (Sat. June 21) Academy 5 

(Sat. June 21) Sunset A/B

'Great Villains', 7pm - 8:30pm  

(Sat. June 21) Academy 4

Private half-hour consultations with Pamela, Bruce, and all GAP Speakers are available Friday and Saturday.  

We can help you prepare your Pitch Package.

Can't make the PitchFests yourself? Let our PitchProxy Pros 

pitch your story for you.  

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Screenwriters Network   

August  23rd, Saturday

"Show Me the Love" 

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STORY expo

Sep. 5-7, 2014
Westin LAX, Los Angeles CA

'Make Your Memoir Mythic'   /   'Alpha Babes'  

'Myth, Magic and Metaphysics'  / 'Pitch your Fantasy & Mythic Stories' with Kathie Fong Yoneda / 'Make Your Scripts Cinematic Through Images and Symbolism' with Dr. Linda Seger.    

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Binary Research Institute  

Conference on Precession and Ancient Knowledge   

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Online Courses - on our calendar page. 

"Create Great Villains & Villainesses"  at Savvy Authors

June 2 - 27 = 12 Lessons

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-- Looking forward to seeing you at these events! --  

SEMINAR downloads/CDs & PRODUCTS 

Beyond the Hero's Journey: Other Powerful Mythic Themes. Workbook and seminar.

Creating Our Next Mythologies   

Millennial Magicians: Cycles and Systems

Alpha Babes: Women of Mythic Significance   

What's Love Got To Do With It?   

Other seminars available on CD at Alpha Babe Academy and at MYTHWORKS   

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