From 02ae48575c15337abc957f190ce9689d0ee1418f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Volpeon Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2021 17:43:21 +0100 Subject: Update --- content/9thPK7O3xn/posts/i-am-not-a-fox.md | 24 ++++++++++++++++++------ 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) (limited to 'content') diff --git a/content/9thPK7O3xn/posts/i-am-not-a-fox.md b/content/9thPK7O3xn/posts/i-am-not-a-fox.md index 593aee2..b9d6566 100644 --- a/content/9thPK7O3xn/posts/i-am-not-a-fox.md +++ b/content/9thPK7O3xn/posts/i-am-not-a-fox.md @@ -3,13 +3,19 @@ title: I Am Not a Fox 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 leaving no room for doubt, my existence as a human being doesn't feel right to me. +As a child, I spent a lot of time imagining what being a bird would be like. +How would it feel to experience and interact with the world through such a completely different body? +To have the ability to fly and feel my feathers bristling in the wind as I'm flying through the sky? +To be treated and perceived by other creatures not as a human but as a bird? + +This fascination was sparked when I was 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 teach him different things about life. +One of these transformation involves Arthur being turned into a yellow sparrow. + + + + -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 experience and interact with the world, 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 humanity and longed for the life I was supposed to have. @@ -24,3 +30,9 @@ I had realized by then that my experience was far from normal and I finally deci Therians are individuals who believe they are an animal on some level, either spiritually -- such as past lives or souls -- or psychologically. It sounds like the perfect answer to my question, but after looking into them it didn't resonate with me. + +I am not a fox. +It would be ridiculous to claim otherwise. +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 couldn't have a job as a software developer. +A fox wouldn't look in the mirror and see a human. -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf