From 3af0dd6e3e8f22d1f1b99977eea2d2bc1b995026 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Volpeon Date: Sun, 12 Dec 2021 12:03:08 +0100 Subject: Update --- content/9thPK7O3xn/posts/i-am-not-a-fox.md | 29 ----------------------------- 1 file changed, 29 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 content/9thPK7O3xn/posts/i-am-not-a-fox.md (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 deleted file mode 100644 index 3727d90..0000000 --- a/content/9thPK7O3xn/posts/i-am-not-a-fox.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,29 +0,0 @@ ---- -title: I Am Not a Fox -last_update: 2021-12-03 -unlisted: true ---- - -As a child, I wanted to be a bird. -I had watched Disney's *The Sword in the Stone*, an animated film set in medieval England about an orphan called Arthur who meets Merlin, a wizard. -Merlin decides to become Arthur's tutor and teaches him various lessons in a quite unconventional way -- by turning him into a fish, a squirrel, and eventually a sparrow. -The idea of being an animal, and specially a bird, was incredibly fascinating to me. -How would it feel to have such a completely different body? -To feel my feathers bristling in the wind as I'm flying through the sky? -To be perceived by other creatures not as a human but as a bird? -I was 6 years old at that time and to this day, the desire to be an animal never left me alone again. - -As I got older, it became clear to me that my experience was far from usual. - - - - - -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 can't bring myself to say "I *am* a fox" in any serious context because I know I'm not one. -A fox wouldn't be able to type on a keyboard or 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