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diff --git a/content/9thPK7O3xn/index.md b/content/9thPK7O3xn/index.md index e190ea7..de7fb0f 100644 --- a/content/9thPK7O3xn/index.md +++ b/content/9thPK7O3xn/index.md | |||
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| 7 | Content that doesn't belong in the public sections of my website such as test pages or posts about more personal topics. | 7 | Content that doesn't belong in the public sections of my website such as test pages or posts about more personal topics. |
| 8 | 8 | ||
| 9 | The purpose of this section is *not* to be only accessible for specific people, but simply to be a bit more tricky to find. | 9 | The purpose of this section is simply to be a bit tricky, but not impossible to discover. |
| 10 | Feel free to share pages from here *privately* if you think someone would like them. | 10 | Feel free to share pages from here *privately* if you think someone would like them. |
diff --git a/content/9thPK7O3xn/posts/i-am-not-a-fox.md b/content/9thPK7O3xn/posts/i-am-not-a-fox.md index 69f3f47..8e2a2ef 100644 --- a/content/9thPK7O3xn/posts/i-am-not-a-fox.md +++ b/content/9thPK7O3xn/posts/i-am-not-a-fox.md | |||
| @@ -8,12 +8,11 @@ It would be ridiculous to claim otherwise since a fox wouldn't be able to type o | |||
| 8 | A fox probably couldn't have a job as a software developer, too. | 8 | A fox probably couldn't have a job as a software developer, too. |
| 9 | But despite reality leaving no room for doubt, my existence as a human never felt right to me. | 9 | But despite reality leaving no room for doubt, my existence as a human never felt right to me. |
| 10 | 10 | ||
| 11 | I was 6 years old when I first became aware that something was wrong. | 11 | It began one evening when I was about 6 years old. |
| 12 | It was evening and I was watching "The Sword in the Stone" by Disney, an animated film about a boy called Arthur who is transformed into various animals to learn different life lessons. | 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 | I was immediately fascinated by the idea of possessing a nonhuman body, and especially that of a bird. | 13 | The idea of possessing a nonhuman body fascinated me immediately, especially that of a bird. |
| 14 | What would it feel like to experience having such a completely different body; to have a beak and wings and to be covered in feathers that are bristling in the wind as I'm flying through the sky? | 14 | What would it feel like to have such a completely different body, to have a beak and wings and to be covered in feathers that are bristling in the wind as I'm flying through the sky? |
| 15 | I hadn't noticed the persistent nagging at the back of my mind before, but as I imagined myself in this situation it fell silent for the first time in my life. | 15 | As I imagined myself in this situation, something inside of my mind awakened; something that rejected my human nature and longed for this experience; something that would never leave me alone again. |
| 16 | I didn't question what was happening -- I was only 6 years old after all. | ||
| 17 | I just knew that imagining I was a bird felt right and so it turned into a habit that would last for a very long time. | ||
| 18 | 16 | ||
| 17 | I frequently imagined I was a bird for many years, but as I grew up, I found other creatures I identified with: dragons, wolves and eventually foxes. | ||
| 19 | 18 | ||