Have you ever been so intrigued by a story of a life that you must find out more and make it your own in some way? For me this has happened me a few times. Once when I was flipping though an illustrated history of the world, on one page I saw a picture of a woman unsheathing a sword, under the picture was a small paragraph headed, “Queen Semiramis of Assyria.” From that paragraph I had to know more, reading the page I got nothing so I hopped on the World Wide Web and scowed school libraries in search of This Assyrian Queen Semiramis. A woman of mostly myth who's powerful ambition created Babylon and conquered half the known world. The most fascinating thing about her was she was everywhere and no where at the same time. That is to say in the arts, opera and plays she features but in history books she is no more than a one line mentioned. It was this I was intrigued with why was she mentioned, what had she done to be mentioned it had to be more than just a being a wife and husband. As I read details of her story, I could hear and see her life played out and I knew in some way she was telling me to continue her story to tell her tale to a new generation. So the novels outline has been written it now just needs to be written.
The second time this has happened was watching a documentary of Phantom Of the Opera becoming the hit musical (big surprise knowing Crazyphangirl right?) But the story of why it musical was written the love story in a love story. Andrew Lloyd Webber wanted to create the musical for his new wife a beautiful soprano. Its a story that is worth keeping alive. I can see it maybe not as the two a novel of a composer risking his career for the woman he loves. its a tale would make a great novel. Or am I alone in this thought
This has happened once again to me a few days ago. If you live in Santa Barbara you may know of the bird refuge by East Beach across the street is a House on the Hill the mysterious Mansion that no one has lived in for years. Well on Tuesday the owner the reclusive Huguette Clark at the age 104. Wealthy woman who hid away from the spotlight after a disastrous marriage from my understanding, Owner of that house across the Bird refuge in SB, in fact she gave money to the city to build said refuge in honor of her sister death, she is said the be the wealthiest woman in the US, a fortune she inherited, she owed estates all around the country. Now with her death and no heirs the mystery of where all that fortune will go? Her death is fascinating enough I am interesting in her life. To know what made her hide from the world. Her story too strange that you can't make it up. But my fascination aside I do hope now after a very long life one that sounds like it was rather rough she is finally at peace.
Anyone who know anything about Semiramis or even Huguette please feel free to pass it my way!
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