I am posting here a copy of today's post at my blog site. To see the
photo upon which I have drawn 'inspiriation' for the post, it will be
necessary to visit the site: http://retiredeagle.wordpress.com/ I
post there almost everyday, beginning each post with a photo to which
the post is tied.

rgl

- - - -

Ouroboros - the lizard that feeds on itself, the tail devourer. I
know, this lizard (iguana) is not exactly feeding upon itself. Yet,
it seeing it, and taking its photo, I sensed something that was
waiting, waiting to be seen and then said. One begins to trust to
such instincts. I took several photos of this iguana. The others
were much clearer, sharper in focus as far as the iguana itself was
concerned. But, they didn't have the sense of `dejà vu' or `ah-ha'
that I wait for. In the past seven months I have taken four thousand
photos. Needless to say, only some of them find their way here. And
not all of these are powerful. Some are just photos.

So why this one? And why, is it in black and white instead of in
colour? I wanted black and white as they speak more about polarity,
about opposites, about light and shadow. The iguana, the lizard, is
almost all white. This suggests a sense of the masculine to me.
Yet, there are slight bands of black which speak of origins,
of `otherness'. The head of the lizard is overwhelmingly suggestive
of a penis, confirming the masculine aspect.

And, the lizard is in search, in search of the female. Before taking
its photo, the pouch under his neck was engorged. He made quite a
few bobbing of his head movements before noticing my presence. It's
the story of all life, the search for a mate, for survival of the
species. Humans are no different.

The penis is drawn to a vagina, a dark and damp and warm retreat.
And that vagina, a vagina, is the source of its origin. So, the
penis is drawn back to its source, a circular journey. And it feeds
that vagina. And then, for a moment there is a death, a lack of
awareness of 'self'. And in that instant, the head is feeding on the
tail - the vagina as the head, and the penis as the tail.