Mermaids' Lament-The Novel: Undercurrents
Mermaids' Lament is a novel in progress, based on the film directed by G. B. Hajim. [ Facebook Page ]
Mermaids’ Lament: Film project chock-full of UH Hilo talent in cast and crew
September 15, 2021
Excerpt:
...UH Hilo communication professor Becker, whose research extends beyond traditional lines of inquiry to make connections that didn’t exist previously, was consulted during the writing of the screenplay. Her methods often combine creative approaches with alternative ways of knowing, and she is now putting that perspective toward writing a novel based on the story.
“When I heard that the premise of the film Mermaids’ Lament was about the relationship between a young woman, who may or may not be a mermaid, a psychiatrist, and the ocean, I knew I could contribute by expanding it into a book,” Becker says.
“The book will include information I’ve learned about climate change and its impact on the ocean from teaching a course called ‘Sustainability, Communication, and Culture,’ combined with psychological theories about managing delusion, fixations, and anxiety, which both protagonists suffer from, with the ways archetypes and myths can be drawn upon to change the narrative about who we are with one another and nature.”...
Source: https://hilo.hawaii.edu/chancellor/stories/2021/09/15/mermaids-lament-film
The Mother Road: A Black Market Baby, A Motorcycle, A Search for Real Across Un-United States
The Mother Road is a memoir about authenticity and interconnection. When she was nineteen, shortly after finding out she was a black market baby, Catherine sets out to search for her natural mother, mother nature, and to escape working-class life in Buffalo by riding a motorcycle across the United States. Resenting the lies and secrets that surrounded her real identity, along with the society that sanctions them, she explores alternatives to mainstream religion and culture. Moving between myth and reality in the American landscape and beyond, a series of signs and synchronicities lead her to discover who she is and who she can become.
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