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@@ -3,13 +3,19 @@ title: I Am Not a Fox | |||
3 | unlisted: true | 3 | unlisted: true |
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6 | I am not a fox. | 6 | As a child, I spent a lot of time imagining what being a bird would be like. |
7 | It would be ridiculous to claim otherwise since a fox wouldn't be able to type on a keyboard, not to mention come up with this text in the first place. | 7 | How would it feel to experience and interact with the world through such a completely different body? |
8 | A fox probably couldn't have a job as a software developer, too. | 8 | To have the ability to fly and feel my feathers bristling in the wind as I'm flying through the sky? |
9 | But despite reality leaving no room for doubt, my existence as a human being doesn't feel right to me. | 9 | To be treated and perceived by other creatures not as a human but as a bird? |
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11 | This fascination was sparked when I was 6 years old. | ||
12 | I was watching "The Sword in the Stone" by Disney, an animated film about a boy called Arthur who is transformed into various animals by Merlin the wizard in order to teach him different things about life. | ||
13 | One of these transformation involves Arthur being turned into a yellow sparrow. | ||
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10 | 18 | ||
11 | It began one evening when I was about 6 years old. | ||
12 | I was watching "The Sword in the Stone" by Disney, an animated film about a boy called Arthur who is transformed into various animals by Merlin the wizard in order to educate him. | ||
13 | The idea of possessing a nonhuman body fascinated me immediately, especially that of a bird. | 19 | The idea of possessing a nonhuman body fascinated me immediately, especially that of a bird. |
14 | What would it feel like to experience and interact with the world, to be covered in feathers that are bristling in the wind as I'm flying through the sky? | 20 | What would it feel like to experience and interact with the world, to be covered in feathers that are bristling in the wind as I'm flying through the sky? |
15 | As I imagined myself in this situation, something inside of my mind awakened; something that rejected my humanity and longed for the life I was supposed to have. | 21 | As I imagined myself in this situation, something inside of my mind awakened; something that rejected my humanity and longed for the life I was supposed to have. |
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24 | Therians are individuals who believe they are an animal on some level, either spiritually -- such as past lives or souls -- or psychologically. | 30 | Therians are individuals who believe they are an animal on some level, either spiritually -- such as past lives or souls -- or psychologically. |
25 | It sounds like the perfect answer to my question, but after looking into them it didn't resonate with me. | 31 | It sounds like the perfect answer to my question, but after looking into them it didn't resonate with me. |
26 | 32 | ||
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34 | I am not a fox. | ||
35 | It would be ridiculous to claim otherwise. | ||
36 | A fox wouldn't be able to type on a keyboard, not to mention come up with this text in the first place. | ||
37 | A fox couldn't have a job as a software developer. | ||
38 | A fox wouldn't look in the mirror and see a human. | ||