Venus

Here's a single from the upcoming album.

Venus is a bag lady. She wears a soiled and stained sheet. She is the Goddess of Love reduced to a beggar.

This song is about the kindness and the nurturing feminine quality which I saw in my mother, her friends and my teachers, but seems almost taboo today. Today, little girls call other little girls "sissy" as if "sister" is an insult. Power is equated with being hard.

Don't get me wrong. I hate the stereotyping of all people. I've had more than my fair share of being stereotyped. But the danger is in becoming reactive. To quote Daniel Tammet:

"there is a danger that in hating something so much you begin to resemble the thing itself that you are supposed to be fighting".

Venus is my call to move forward toward equality, but not to lose your essence in the process. What point is it for underdogs to seize power if all they're going to do is be exactly like their oppressors?