From 905dffcdae91320a8c2460a3cc0b419e6f9c9b57 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Volpeon Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2021 12:37:40 +0100 Subject: Update --- content/9thPK7O3xn/index.md | 2 +- content/9thPK7O3xn/posts/i-am-not-a-fox.md | 13 ++++++------- 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) 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 @@ -6,5 +6,5 @@ feed: true Content that doesn't belong in the public sections of my website such as test pages or posts about more personal topics. -The purpose of this section is *not* to be only accessible for specific people, but simply to be a bit more tricky to find. +The purpose of this section is simply to be a bit tricky, but not impossible to discover. 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 A fox probably couldn't have a job as a software developer, too. But despite reality leaving no room for doubt, my existence as a human never felt right to me. -I was 6 years old when I first became aware that something was wrong. -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. -I was immediately fascinated by the idea of possessing a nonhuman body, and especially that of a bird. -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? -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. -I didn't question what was happening -- I was only 6 years old after all. -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. +It began one evening when I was about 6 years old. +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. +The idea of possessing a nonhuman body fascinated me immediately, especially that of a bird. +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? +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. +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. -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf