29 September, 2005

as an introction, how about telling you about this "Lady in chains"?

Andromeda in mythology
(ăndrŏm´ĭd) , in Greek mythology, princess of Ethiopia, daughter of King Cepheus, king of Ethiopia, and Cassiopeia. According to most legends Cassiopeia angered Poseidon by saying that Andromeda (or possibly Cassiopeia herself) was more beautiful than the nereids. Poseidon sent a sea monster to prey upon the country; he could be appeased only by the sacrifice of the king's daughter. Andromeda in sacrifice was chained to a rock by the sea; but she was rescued by perseus, who killed the monster and later married her. Cassiopeia, Cepheus, and Andromeda were all set among the stars as constellations.

Andromeda, in astronomy
Andromeda, northern constellation located to the NE of Pegasus and to the S of Cassiopeia. Its brightest star, Alpheratz (Alpha Andromedae), marks the northeast corner of the Great Square in Pegasus. The constellation also contains the bright stars Mirach (Beta Andromedae) and Almach (Gamma Andromedae) and the famous Great Nebula, or Andromeda Galaxy, the only galaxy visible to the naked eye in the Northern Hemisphere. Andromeda reaches its highest point in the evening sky in November.

Andromeda Galaxy
cataloged as M31 and NGC 224, the closest large galaxy to the Milky Way and the only one visible to the naked eye in the Northern Hemisphere. It is also known as the Great Nebula in Andromeda. It is 2.2 million light-years away and is part of the local group of several galaxies that includes the Milky Way, which it resembles in shape and composition. It has a diameter of about 165,000 light-years and contains at least 200 billion stars. Its two brightest companion galaxies are M32 and M110. The light arriving at earth from the Andromeda Galaxy is shifted toward the blue end of the spectrum, whereas the light from all other cosmic sources


and now Andromeda in Mona's fantasy
back when i was a kid, thanx to Isaac Asimov, i got acquainted with space affair. and God knows from then on the enthusiasm for starry night never died or decreased in me.
most of my fantasies used to taked place up there by my lady in chains side. and how i used to imagine her, imagine me, up there.
i used to think, well maybe they also have sea and water up there in their galaxy. the sea by which there was a rock, and the rock to which the princess was chained. and the princess who had starry eyed in her black and white dress of starry night.
now it's like that the old fantasy is my present reality. visible or not, i do have chains around me. and there's the rock, and also the sea, the free stormy charming ocean in frontta me. and the desire to fly upon it, or drawn too deep in it.

you know what i suddenly came to my mind????
lol. This fantastic song of Ray Charles: Unchain My Heart.