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Project Overview

“According to this account the promise of the devil was fulfilled to the very letter, Adam and Eve did not die, and they did become as gods, knowing good and evil…”

~ Robert Green Ingersoll, 1897

“Chronicling the Moon” ~ The Blog Opera

Acts

About

“Chronicling the Moon” is a bedtime story, a fairy tale with illustrations and music.

The chronicle is written from the perspective of Aden Moss, an acclaimed psychotherapist whose services are preoccupied with a ‘coven of one‘ – a catatonic Jane Doe known as Patient 28, who awakens with the winter solstice.

Using hypnosis, Aden travels into Patient 28’s subconscious and discovers twelve noteworthy past lives waiting. He arrives in a place called Eden, where he learns a woman named Eve was murdered in her garden, and a despondent God, mourning the loss, left Earth to Adam.

Complimenting the fairy tale is “Soldier of Eve”, a non-fictional blog delving into politics, sexuality, religion, and art.

Like my fictional character, Aden, I am an Eve supporter. Given man’s track record over the millennia, I’m of the persuasion we should give the women a chance, start adopting more nurturing ideals and policies.

There are no more kingdoms to conquer, only boogeyman to incite us. Sacrifices have been bravely made, wars fought and won. Embrace your spouse. Become friends with a neighbor very different from you. Tend to this garden, before it’s gone.

Guy Penn

Time to Play

“The wind in my face blows so cold, I dedicate this poem to a man 40-years old…”

When I was 14, I wrote a poem called “Time to Play”. Unfortunately, the book I wrote it in disappeared a long time ago, more than likely discarded as something childish and irrelevant in one of my moves. Despite the years that have passed, though, the first and last verses are imprinted in my memory.

“One day this man will write about a teenager and his courageous fight.

He’ll look at me, smile and say – We’ve made it kid. Time to play.”

This project is many things. It’s a place to share creative endeavors and an outreach to like-minded people. But above all, Guy Penn is a tribute to a 14-year old boy who dreamed of being writer, who believed that I – awkward, nomadic, floundering me – would be the one to rescue him.

Last April 2011, I turned 40. Over 27 years had passed since I wrote that poem on a rainy night in 1985.

This website is dedicated to all the 14-year old poets in the world. May your pencil always be sharp, and your dreams never misplaced.

Time to play.

Guy Penn

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by Damon Wallace on April 28, 2012 • Permalink

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Tagged blog opera, lgbt, madonna

Posted by Damon Wallace on April 28, 2012

https://guypenn.com/2012/04/28/time-to-play/

What the f@#! is a “Blog Opera”?

“Boy, you got a reputation, but you’re gonna have to prove it. I see a little hesitation. Am I gonna have to show you that if it feels right get on your marks. Step to the beat boy, that’s what it’s for.”

~ Madonna

A blog by definition, a compound of the words web log, is a personal journal published online consisting of discrete entries. While similar in format, a “blog opera” differs because entries are sometimes fictional and inspired by featured music.

In the case of “Chronicling the Moon” the blog opera is inspired by, and features the music of – Madonna. And, unlike a traditional blog, entries are not chronological. The storyline explores polarizing women throughout history, and why men, like me, are drawn to them. Posts span centuries and rotate between the past and present.

Close up, each entry is intended to stand on its own merit. Readers can join in at any time. But, like a mosaic, the more details you take in, the more “Chronicling the Moon / Confessions of a Madonna Fan” comes into perspective.

An opera is nothing if not raw emotion, so complimenting my fictitious life is my nonfiction. These “confessionals” are more introspective, told by me at various stages in my life.

I am an only child, born in the early 1970′s and raised to be Catholic in the Midwestern United States. I was part of the first generation of gay men to sexually awaken to a post-AIDS world. Many have forgotten, or simply don’t comprehend, how much more scary times were for gay men not so very long ago. Here one day – cough, cough – gone the next. Thankfully, through it all, I had a fairy God-diva at my side. She encouraged me to dance and love unconditionally, to live and one day tell.

That day is today.

Like my icon, the goal of this project is ambitious, but I am dedicated to providing the best experience for those following. If Madonna has taught me anything it’s to be both truthful and daring, to never give up, and to always respect my audience. I intend to honor these principles.

For project discussions and Madonna updates, I’ve created a facebook page, and for quotes and articles relating to the story you can follow me on twitter.

Thank you for supporting “Chronicling the Moon / Confessions of a Madonna Fan” and giving me the chance to share my stories, for letting me whisper in your ear an invitation to the dance of life…

Guy Penn

Confessions of a Madonna Fan