7/5/2023 0 Comments Noah's Wife by T.K. ThorneShe spoke only truths because lying distressed her. “I am not always pleasant, but I am beautiful.” This girl saw the world in a different, literal way. “My name means pleasant or beautiful,” she announced. As they talked (and I listened and typed), I realized Na’amah was special. This unnamed woman had a story, a big story, and she was shouting “Write it!” As I started to explore the possibilities, a scene formed in my mind of a young girl in an ancient culture speaking with her grandmother about the role of women. When I learned that the Bible gave only one brief mention of Noah’s wife, another tabula rosa opened before me. In spite of this, the mural remains on the building, and it is my fervent hope that it speaks to other people every day. A radio station host blasted citywide that I was unstable because I heard walls talking. When that section was ripped away, the repair left the outer wall smooth and white, pristine, a tabula rosa that shouted, “Paint me!” every time I walked by. In the wall’s previous lifetime, it was attached to an adjoining structure. The mural design is a teenager’s winning interpretation of the Birmingham Pledge. I once organized the painting of a 140 foot mural on the side of the Police Administration building in downtown Birmingham, AL. Noah’s wife has Asperger’s because walls and characters talk to me.
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