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

[Madeleine Villatorro]

Congratualations on your car acquisition. I am a Frida admirer also. She
perservered in her life in spite of pain. In Austin I have seen one car and
a pick-up decorated in colorful painting with Frida's face prominent. Just
find it interesting how the cult around her continues to grow. Madeleine

On 11/29/06, Gerry <mesmo at gilanet.com> wrote:

>

> 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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