Meeting Electra

I first met Electra nearly fifteen years ago during a book signing.  She is a writer and artist unlike any other I have experienced before or since, for those that do not already know her for her work.  I had trouble understanding her when we first met, due to the language barrier, I had the feeling that she was always speaking in verse, or in riddles somehow.  She spoke of her "colorful past" which I took to mean her wild artist lifestyle.  She spoke of her family, which she described as exclusionary and worldly obsessed.  Strange coming from someone with her family's notoriety.  I believed she was incapable of being honest about anything due to the stacks of evidence against her.  Now I have come to realize she was trying to tell me everything.  Every bitter truth.  I was too naive to understand it.  Her court case completely discredited her, and her whole world thought she was certifiably insane.  

Last summer I met with Electra again, in secret.  I have not told anyone about this until now.  The things that she told me, well, let's just say I have the need to write about them, but I have no idea how to begin.  I think I started this blog mostly to work my way up to sorting out my understanding of her and her situation.    Let's hope I can do her justice here.