[AGL] Frida devotion may be a health hazard, Say what?

[Gerry]

A grisly detail that surfaced in my research on Frida: the bus she was in
was wooden and it was struck by a steel streetcar. Her body was penetrated
from the rear by a piece of wood which came out the other side through her
vagina...ouch!

There are also references to morphine addiction (probably unavoidable given
her years of pain). I believe you can see the morphine in her paintings...on
her back in bed staring at her image in a mirror above the bed and whacked
on morphine. Even without the accident her Sun/Neptune conjunction would
lead to a fondness for drugs.

&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&

I just returned from Phoenix where I claimed a car I won from an estate sale
on the net: '91 Cressida which looks and runs like it just came off the
showroom floor. The previous owner was an old lady, one owner machine. I
gave it a thorough run through 250 miles of back road Arizona, crossing a
couple of mountain ranges enroute, racing a cold front which is bearing down
on us at present. What a fine car! I felt like Sterling Moss at the Mille
Miglia!

A month of research has revealed dozens of great older cars for sale for a
song ($5k and less--I paid less than $4 for the Cressida)... Like Accura
Legends, late 80's Bimmers, etc. many of them well cared for and immaculate.
As for new cars, I don't even recognize them by brand any more...still
living in the past I guess. I will likely drive this Cressida for the rest
of my life or until the gas runs out, whichever comes first...
Not quite over the hill in NM,
G


----- Original Message -----
From: "Jon Ford" <jonmfordster at hotmail.com>
To: <austin-ghetto-list at pairlist.net>
Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2006 12:51 PM
Subject: Re: [AGL] Frida devotion may be a health hazard, Say what?



>

> Frances-- it's a miracle she lived at all. Most people would have died in

> that accident. I think the film shows this fairly well.

>

> Jon

>

> >From: Frances Morey <frances_morey at yahoo.com>

> >Reply-To: survivors' reminiscences about Austin Ghetto Daze in the

> >60s<austin-ghetto-list at pairlist.net>

> >To: survivors' reminiscences about Austin Ghetto Daze in the

> >60s<austin-ghetto-list at pairlist.net>

> >Subject: Re: [AGL] Frida devotion may be a health hazard, Say what?

> >Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2006 11:04:32 -0800 (PST)

> >

> >I say never let facts get in the way of a good story.

> >   Best,

> >   Frances

> >

> >Michael Eisenstadt <michaele at ando.pair.com> wrote:

> >   Frances,

> >

> >not for the first time, you got the story 100% backwards.

> >

> >she had umpteen surgeries all the way to the end of

> >her life. no recovery, no poster child.

> >

> >to leave that out of the account is not untypical of

> >the Frida devotee and those who get the facts from

> >what they saw in a movie.

> >

> >Mike

> >

> >

> > > C'mon Mike,

> > > Surely you recognize that Frida was a poster child for miracle

> > > recoveries. I wasn't completely aware of the extent of her trauma from

> >the

> > > two by four until I saw Salma's movie. Wow! It made a true believer

> >outta

> > > me--how the body can recover from something like that! What does such

an

> > > awareness have that would make someone in any way vulnerable? Who do

you

> > > know that suffered from Frida worship? What happened to them that

makes

> > > you say such a thing?

> > > Best,

> > > Frances

> >

> >

> >

> >

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