From 71e5508dd0e619f4168f64ffff8fd8f6c15cb7db Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Volpeon Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2021 20:50:13 +0100 Subject: Update --- content/9thPK7O3xn/posts/i-am-not-a-fox.md | 13 ++++++------- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) (limited to 'content/9thPK7O3xn') diff --git a/content/9thPK7O3xn/posts/i-am-not-a-fox.md b/content/9thPK7O3xn/posts/i-am-not-a-fox.md index 6fadf4a..473ffc1 100644 --- a/content/9thPK7O3xn/posts/i-am-not-a-fox.md +++ b/content/9thPK7O3xn/posts/i-am-not-a-fox.md @@ -6,15 +6,14 @@ unlisted: true I am not a fox. 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. A fox probably couldn't have a job as a software developer, too. -But despite reality being quite obvious, my existence as a human being doesn't feel right to me. -It never has. +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 of this feeling. -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 different life lessons. +I was 6 years old when I first became aware that something was wrong. +I'm sure many of you have seen "The Sword in the Stone" by Disney, wherein the protagonist Arthur is transformed into various animals to learn different life lessons. I was watching this movie one evening and was fascinated by the idea of possessing a nonhuman body, especially that of a bird. What would it be like to experience the world as one? -To be covered in feathers that are bristling in the wind as I'm flying through the air? -I hadn't noticed the persistent nagging at the back of my mind before, but as I imagined myself in this situation I felt relieved when it fell silent for the first time in my life. +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. -But I had become aware of this unpleasant feeling and I learned how to make it go away, so it became of mine to turn into a bird in my fantasies. +But I had become aware of this unpleasant feeling and I knew how to make it go away, so it became a habit of mine to be a bird in my fantasies. -- cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2