From the stars, on a mountain, with the bears, my beads…and paint.
Here’s the star nosed mole, an inspiration if ever there was one. A few characteristics: nearly blind, lives underground in swampier areas (we see them where I live in Vermont), 22 appendages called RAYS are in place of their nose, the fastest eater, the most sensitive touch organs in the animal kingdom, and the list goes on. An odd and seriously cool creature. Can you imagine using your face to know where your prey is, not by seeing but be feeling that creature’s electrical impulses? yep. Their nervous systems are so efficient they send impulses to their brain so fast it tests the physiological limits of neurons. And they can smell underwater. I’ve never really thought to try, I’m not certain I’d even want to. They blow out bubbles and suck them back in to pick up odorant molecules. Amazing.
I’m about to embark as a collaborator in an intensive called The A.R.T. of Becoming a Witch. It all happens on Zoom so anyone can participate. We are going to learn about how humans “gate”. It’s basically a survival technique where as young people we shut out what can become too much information for us to handle. Some of what we instinctually shut out we can deliberately open back up to. Hearing. Seeing. Feeling and the list goes on. Come and play with us. The link is above. You might just find you have something in common with the Star-Nosed Mole.