|
I cannot even begin to tell you what
this piece is about. You may thank Sigmund Freud and Camille
Paglia for inspiring the work. I couldn't have dreamed it up
on my own. See Paglia, Camille. Sexual Personae.
New York: Vintage Books, a Division of Random House, Inc., 1990.
Because of the dual reference to the
mythological vagina dentata, and the ancient Medusa head with
its writhing snakes, I chose an ancient language for the background
-- specifically, the script of ancient Caria, a province in southwestern
Asia Minor between Lydia and Lycia. For further illustration
and discussion, see Friedrich, Johannes. Extinct Languages.
New York: Dorset Press, 1957, 1989.
The work is also known as Virginia
Dentata when more appropriate.
|
