WirtzWorld wrote:
Now to this young and sophomoric: the Oxford dictionary of languages defines sophomoric as young and juvenile. I take that (juvenile) to be a pejorative description. Meaning that they act juvenile. Almost all models of a young age are flaky. 18 - 25 years old girls are a breed to themselves. Not yet fully functional in most cases. But we shoot them and we handle them despite their immaturity. We get good or great photos even while playing nursemaid or psychiatrist to these girls. Don’t blame your results on the models being ‘sophomoric’. The photos are your doing.
Ed. note: the previous statement obviously doesn’t apply to all young women, but a lot. Amoreena is an architect at the age of 25, but a lot of the models I’ve worked with are flipping burgers and living with their parents.
Now to this young and sophomoric: the Oxford dict... (
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Women of today, including and especially the young generation I encounter are involved with the same issues of status and self worth, they are no different than young men, just the issues and solutions are different. But I do want to note that the two notions of "young and sophomoric" are not to be placed togeather necessarily.
One can be young and not sophomoric and conversely a person can be sophomoric and of an advanced age. It is true that one can be both young and sophomoric, of this there is no dough.
Two of the young women I was able to work with at 18 years of age were Laura Crass and Holly B. what they had in common was that the were both off the scales with highly developed intellects. With Holly it was science, biology and medicine, while with Laura it was philosophy.
With Laura I had trouble keeping up with her discussion of Martin Heidegger and Metaphysics, she had studied his Way Back into the Ground of the Metaphysics and had a deep understanding of it, apparently as early as 16.
Both had a common problem, they both though of themselves as not that intelligent and both were concerned that they were not really attractive. These are common perceptional problems among women and especially young women. It is that family and friends had informed them of their short comings. Both needed mentoring and I was delighted that they both wanted my help along that path.
When it comes to that thing called beauty and the more cortical issue of desirability there is nothing better than other beautiful women to talk to them and make them see just how great their physical qualities are. It comes down to girls talking to another girl, so I saw to it that other beauties expressed that certain 'jealousy' that women can have towards one another in a non challenging manner.
My job was a simple one with the mentoring, that was showing them just how sharp they were. It was asy but required focus and honesty.
In the end it was the finally key that helped both to understand where they stood and why all the problems, that was to reveal to them that they were different not because of their beauty inside and out, nor their intellect, but the key to the modern plight of women through out human history. It is summed up in one idea, it is parthenos. This I believe is the key to understanding any and all women. It is the basis of the reason for the differences between women and how they can fit togeather and never be at war with themselves and other women.
parthenos is a quite simple but difficult thing to grasp, especially if you are male. There is nothing in the male structure that embraces parthenos. So if you don't get it, not to worry, the women understand just as soon as they get exposed to the idea. Put another way, if you think you understand that there is a structure and location calling it lf the Parthenon and it relates some how to being virginal you have totally missed the train on this idea, and yes, the Parthenon is there and the name draws from the root parthenos, you are correct but it explains nothing.
Powerful women make grand models because they both intuitively and intellectual, and toss in spiritually, then they are in that state of parthenos. There is no better explanation. And when a woman understands her parthenos roots, then they begin to become the grand women that they are and can be. The Wonder Woman myth is the spinning of the story of parthenos.
I wanted to post these two women's images so you can see who they are.