From 8645aebb6e0ea2c2eb46e9f8f9300a105c4c013d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Volpeon Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2021 21:48:01 +0100 Subject: Update --- content/9thPK7O3xn/posts/fox.md | 14 ++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/content/9thPK7O3xn/posts/fox.md b/content/9thPK7O3xn/posts/fox.md index 74aa1bc..95050bb 100644 --- a/content/9thPK7O3xn/posts/fox.md +++ b/content/9thPK7O3xn/posts/fox.md @@ -4,11 +4,17 @@ unlisted: true --- I am not a fox. -It would be ridiculous to claim otherwise since a fox wouldn't be able to type this text on a keyboard, or come up with it in the first place. +It would be ridiculous to claim otherwise since a fox wouldn't be able to type on a keyboard, or come up with this text in the first place. A fox probably couldn't have a job as a software developer either. But despite reality being what it is, my existence as a human being doesn't feel right to me. -I've felt this way for pretty much my entire life. +It never has. I was 6 years old when I first became aware that something was wrong. -I'm sure most of have seen the movie "The Sword in the Stone" by Disney, wherein the protagonist Arthur is transformed into various animals to learn about physics and other things. -When I watched this movie, I was fascinated by the idea of being a bird and wondered what it would feel like to be one. +I'm sure many of you have seen the movie "The Sword in the Stone" by Disney, wherein the protagonist Arthur is transformed into various animals to learn valuable life lessons. +I was watching it one evening and became fascinated by the idea of possessing a nonhuman body, especially that of a bird. +What would it be like to experience to world as one? +To be covered in feathers that are bristling in the wind as I'm flying through the air? +Thinking about this felt right to me. +Or rather, it felt like for the first time in my life, a persistent feeling of discomfort I hadn't noticed before was suddenly gone. +This moment marks the beginning + -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf