Archive for September, 2008

New Moon Treasure Map and My Dream Living Situation

Posted in Uncategorized with tags New Moon, new moon spells, paganism, Sequoia Redd, Sequoia Redd's magick on September 29, 2008 by sequoiaredd

Happy New Moon/Dark Moon everybody.

As new moon begins to take shape and starts waxing, now is a good time to focus and meditate upon the elements that you’d like to draw into your life. These next couple days I’m going to be working on what I call a treasure map. A treasure map is a term I use for poster boards I make where I paste my photography, magazine pictures and relevant words that correspond with what I’m trying to manifest in my life at the time.

I’ve made a lot of treasure maps in the past, its a form of magick that works really well for me as does journaling magick (when I have the discipline to keep up with it). I made my first treasure map when I was 14 (way before the Secret and What the Bleep frenzy) about going to school in Scotland. Everyday I looked at that poster and thought about how much I wanted it. I did go to school there, for a year, it was awesome, still one of the best and most influential years of my life. The next one I made when I was 17, it was about traveling, I put the word Nomad at the top and pasted a bunch of pictures about traveling all over the poster and nomadic animals like birds and sea turtles, one was of Australia actually. The next few years I traveled in three different states and to Australia. Now whether you believe in manifesting your own destiny or not, its still a good meditative exercise to stay focused on what positive elements you’re trying to bring into your life.

This time I’m working on what is essentially my ideal living situation. Right now my boyfriend and I are living in a nudist colony. This is closer to where we want to be in the social openness and comfort level of the natural naked body. So far its been a huge step forward.

Consider this blog a sort of virtual treasure map.

Now I want mountains, beautiful women and men that are open minded when it comes to sex, polyamory and sex work and an ecovillage thats self sustainable with a huge organic garden and ducks and chickens and goats.

solar panel at Moora MooraWhen I was WWOOFing at the Moora Moora community in Australia I loved the location and the fact that it was completely run off of solar panels. At Moora Moora they employed a great many environmental practices such as composting, strawbale insulation, organic farming, solar power, and rainwater collection. It was a great location as far as landscape goes to, 600 acres on a moutaintop which gave them the access to the sun whilst also providing a temperate climate. All of the houses were owner built which gave each house a very unique look. This was my favorite and is my dreeaaaaam house!

Karingal, Moora Moora Community

I love the fact that its round instead of square. The inside was beautiful and open with a loft where they slept.

Karingal, Moor Moora Community

Anyways, this is the kind of house and overall environment I want to live in.

I think that my boyfriend and I have a lot to offer when it comes to intentional communities and alternative living. He has been a  Native American/Celtic shaman for over forty years and specializes in geomancy (which is like feng shui for the Earth) and programming sacred structures, check out some of his geomancy work here.

I think my work in the sex industry and especially dancing has given me alot of insight into the way people work, especially in dancing you’re seeing some people at their most vulnerable time and its your job to hold their hand while they explore themselves in a way that they usually may never get a chance to.

I would like to live in a place that could be an ecofriendly sex/naturist retreat. Imagine a retreat where people go to shed the layers of programming about their body and sexuality in general while learning how to better care for their health and the environment through organics and sustainable living? Imagine a place that brought back the concept of the sacred harlot and sexual surrogate in its truest form, not the misogynistic/patriarchal version we receive today.

Thats what I want.

Tonight I’ll be working on making my physical treasure map and will post pictures for all to see.

Peace, Love & Pussy,

Sequoia

Why I Do What I Do

Posted in Uncategorized on September 29, 2008 by sequoiaredd

Recently I took on a “normal” job at Pizza Fusion, an up and coming eco-friendly and environmentally friendly pizza place. I took the job because it was near by, I could bike there and I do like the security of a regular paycheck, which is what a normal job will give you.

However,its normal jobs like these that have that have me running back to sex work as fast as I can. The pay sucks, the people suck and is it just me or does it seem like the less you get paid for a job the more you have to fight for that same pittance?

Although I love the food (its hard to mess up organics) and the overall theme and concept of the place, the work SUCKED! The owner was stingy and spoiled and one of those people of whom you could tell hasn’t been through any hard times. The manager ( a pig in Chinese astrology) was a complete shit talker about what we were doing and what I would make. Maybe I’m a bit biased because I’m used to living organics and environmentalism first hand instead of just working as a grunt for a green-washed corporation that claims to do so.

I think a lot of people have a big misconception about women in the sex industry that they work here because they aren’t capable of anything else. Although this may be the case with some, the truth is it pays well, its fun and it gives you a sense of self awareness like no other work I’ve ever engaged in. On a daily basis I am aware of where I’m at physically, emotionally and sexually.

Stripping gifted me with the opportunity to express myself through dance everyday while getting paid and the practice of talking (and then seducing) complete strangers; porn took me to Australia (twice) and introduced me to one of the most amazing circles of women I’ve ever met. There are many other things I’ve gained, but I’ll save that for another post.

Dear Goddess

I want to be able to work in this industry for as long as I can. I want to keep exposing people to sexuality whether thats through writing, erotic photos or lap dances. I want to always feel the fire and radiance of my root chakra. I want to commune with other women so that we can share our secrets, learnings and sex magick spells. When I grow old I want to be the cougar seducing and luring young bucks into her bedroom to teach them the ancient wisdom of a woman’s body.

Sex makes me feel alive in a core kind of way. I always want to feel like this.

Love, Sequoia

New Moon in Libra tomorrow, may this bring a month of balance and mental clarity.

ps. I wrote this post much more elegantly a few mins ago and somehow it disappeared so I had to rewrite the whole thing again off the top of my head. Sorry if it sounds a bit scattered, I swear it flowed better the first time ;-)

My First Week Living in a Nudist Colony

Posted in Uncategorized with tags Florida Pagan Gathering, naturists, nudist colony, nudists, Sequoia Redd on September 28, 2008 by sequoiaredd

A week has already gone by since I’ve moved here.

Here are some important facts:

Nudists do everything naked and I mean EVERYTHING!

Nudists love volleyball (who knows why) at least here they play it in a pool.

You’re not allowed to point and laugh (says so in the official rules).

These people LOVE karaoke! You haven’t lived till you’ve seen a 70 year old naked French Canadian man singing a rousing version of Frank Sinatra’s New York New York.

This particular camp has been around for thirty years.

Back in the day this used to be the official site for the Florida Pagan Gathering (take that you poser pagan prudes!)

I promise to post more facts and pictures too. They’ve been a bit hard to take lately because although they are nudists, they like their privacy, go figure.

Broadcasting Live from Flirt4Free.com …

Posted in Uncategorized with tags Sequoia Redd, Flirt4Free, webcam model, webcam on September 27, 2008 by sequoiaredd

Watch me broadcasting live at Flirt4Free.com from my new place…

Well, I Finally Moved

Posted in Uncategorized on September 22, 2008 by sequoiaredd

To a nudist colony!

Not back to North Carolina or very far away from where I was living, but socially its a giant improvement.

I’m still adjusting the new place and being able to walk around naked all the time, but its definitely a cool community of people.

The property is on 10 acres and everyone either lives in little cottages or in RV’s or trailers. We’re staying in a little cottage until the snowbirds come down and then we’ll move to another spot. Now I really want a VW camper van!

There’s something about communal life that I love. I’ve always wanted to live in a commune and one day when I have enough money to purchase my own land, thats exactly what I would like to do.

When I was in Australia, I WWOOFed at a couple of intentional eco-communities. One collected all of their water from rain and the other was completely off the grid and used solar power. They both used strawbale insulation as their main building technique and had huge organic gardens. I kept a blog/journal on myspace when I was over there about my adventures. Read some of my favorite entries here and Here

Anyways, I will post photos of the place soon and will be broadcasting on Flirt4Free alot more since I have a prettier place to do it from.

Just Cuz

Posted in MyShoots with tags ass, boobs, breasts, Hugh Taylor Birch State Park, naked hippie, naked women outdoors, naturist, nude outdoors, nudist, park, pussy, Sequoia Redd, Sequoia Redd at the park, shaven on September 21, 2008 by sequoiaredd

In honor of the park (read previous post), these photos were taken over a year ago and they’re actually they’re the pictures I submitted to AbbyWinters.com to see if I could model for them. Enjoy…

(I was shaved because I was a dancer at the time)

Sequoiacrouching

my favorite pic ^

At Hugh Taylor Birch State Park

Sequoiatree.jpg

Classic pose, I love that tree ^
Me at the Park

piece of hair stuck to my forehead, grrrr

sequoiasbutt.jpg

my butt

Oh No You Didn’t

Posted in Uncategorized on September 20, 2008 by sequoiaredd

I received this comment on my blog today:

Just a heads up for you on the Tequesta Drum Circle. Guess word got out about your planned appearence. They probably won’t let you in if they recognize you. While you are certainly a beautiful woman and seeing you experience any number of things would certainly be plesurable. As I am part of the event and know the Park is already requiring additional support (read $$$) that may make future circles unfeasible. Also we may have met in passing at past drum circles or the study group which sponcers them, while I support your efforts to promote yourself I hope you will agree that the Drum Circle is not the approipiate venue for doing so

On this issue I’ll have to side with the Park as the event has grown in popularity, is open to the public and particuarly that there are children present. Hopefully you will reconcider filming and opt to simply enjoy sharing in the energy of the circle as any resulting publicity from you filming would only serve to hurt future events or possibly end it entirely.

Blessings,
Izrafel

I never said anywhere that I was going to be filming anything.

I can’t believe I just received this message. I’ve been going to the Tequesta Drum Circles since the very first one that was held on a Winter Solstice, I believe. I started going to CUUPS Moonpath Chapter, which is the study group that sponsors this event, since I was fifteen years old. I met my boyfriend of four years at CUUPS. I’m not a fucking newbie to this scene.

I’m not going there to promote myself, I’m going there to dance my ass off, enjoy the awesome drumming and watch the bonfire. When I lived in Fort Lauderdale last year I used to hang out at Hugh Taylor for hours.

Kids? What the hell do you think I’m going there to do? Molest them?

You can’t violate my right to assembly. This is America, motherfucker.

Now I’m way going.

Evolution and Change with Body Image Issues

Posted in ishotmyself with tags Sequoia Redd, I Shot Myself, IShotMyself Sequoia, body image, self confidence, stripping on September 18, 2008 by sequoiaredd


photo taken by Edwin Cardona

The lame ass catholic (and yes, that is lower case on purpose) middle school that I had the pleasure of attending, I would have to say has been one of the schools that has left the biggest mark on my life, mainly because it was the only school I had been at for three years. When I was growing up, my mom switched schools on me just about every year, sometimes twice in one year.

Some friends (only two, really) that I’ve remained in loose contact with over the years, from high school and middle school, get touchy when it comes to my work in the sex industry saying that I’m not the person I used to be and how much I have changed. I guess I can see their point, but definitely not in the negative sense.

Up until I was 17, I was depressed, overweight and had my nose buried in fantasy novels (mainly Harry Potter, The Wrinkle in Time series, and most things Phillip Pullman) because my real life sucked. Around high school is when I started getting into recreational drug use vs. fantasy novels as an escape.

Right after I turned 17 I got kicked out of my house and thats when I decided to make my real life cool enough to live, rather than spending all of my time reading fantasies or escaping from it.

The first step for me personally in this journey, was to get in shape. I had been overweight most of my life and had crippling insecurities and low self esteem because of it. So, I got up early and started every morning on the beach, running my ass off, literally.

I lost alot of fat, 30 lbs to be exact and I felt pretty good too. But I still felt incomplete. Around this time I started porn and was highly criticized because of my breasts. They weren’t full enough or perky enough and in some scenes they would just have me keep on my bra. This is part of what I hate about the mainstream sex industry, the fact that they try and standardize everything about sexuality and the human body.

Anyways, time went on, I started dancing, which is still one of the best jobs I’ve ever had. One of the only bad parts about it was when guys with three chins would ask you when you were getting your boob job and having to hang out in a smoky club all day. My favorite part about it was the mental exercise I’d get each day by trying to hone down my (for lack of better term) hunting skills with the men who’d walk in.

When I went to Australia is really when I think I began to get over my body issues. Especially when working for IShotMyself.com (<this link will get you a 10% discount on a membership), the main reason being that its an erotic website which pretty much hands over the camera and allows you to do the sexy story telling yourself. This was probably the site that I had the most qualms about working for because I wasn’t sure if I was creative or imaginative enough to do it. But the day came round, Gala handed me a camera and I shot myself out in the Australian bush.

Sequoia- Forest_Diva

The folios I have made there are still the work I will show off the most and am most proud of out of all of my naked picture work. I love the site, I love the concept and I love how it puts the power in the hands of the model/artist/photographer.

Sequoia - Gee_Whiz

Anyways, if you don’t already, get your butt over to IShotMyself.com and sign up for a membership (you’ll get 10%) off with this link!

Then search for Sequoia and look at my folios there!

My Etsy Shop

Posted in Uncategorized with tags Etsy, Sequoia Redd on September 17, 2008 by sequoiaredd
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Buy Handmade
SequoiaRedd

I just opened my very own Etsy Shop, check it out! Its small and there are only two things for sale. But Etsy is a real cool place, visit my favorites section if you’re feeling generous and want to buy me a gift ;-)

Where the water meets the sky…Everglades National Park

Posted in 11132423, Adventures with tags Sequoia Redd, Everglades. alligators, sunsets, qi gong on September 15, 2008 by sequoiaredd

where the water meets the sky

Last night I dreamt of dark alligators and pink sunsets and then this morning, a friend we call NakedLaurie invited me to come with her down to Coral Castle and then to Everglades National Park to watch the sunset and full moon rise.

I saw an alligator:

gator

Lots of them.



NakedLaurie doing Qi Gong

Laurie did her Qi Gong

sunset at the everglades

And we watched the sunset.

moonrise on the drive home

And the moonrise.

Coral Castle was also very cool. Ever wonder how a 5′0 100 pound man could move 6,000 pounds of coral rock, enough to make a small fortress? Stay tuned for my next post…naughty pics included…