A forgotten childhood memory of glue finger prints at school came to me with your writing. I’d desperately attempt to hide the shed bits (because I feared the attention I might get for day dreaming)…here’s to the fire horse and the shedding of old skins 🤍
Having written a book, (The Book of Snake), I must say how thoroughly I enjoyed the wealth of images with this newsletter! Years ago, I watched a large water moccasin snake shed its skin, slowly, over three days. A very focused presence, even as he /she hung over the branch of a small shrub in the water. I learned that even the skin of the snake's eyes is shed during this process, and that they are temporarily blind for a time. Another excellent metaphor for us human beings, for when we think we 'see' the situation in and around us clearly! Thank you again for the wonderful collection of images! Here's a link to some excerpts from the book: https://www.andreamathieson.com/library/snake-medicine
A forgotten childhood memory of glue finger prints at school came to me with your writing. I’d desperately attempt to hide the shed bits (because I feared the attention I might get for day dreaming)…here’s to the fire horse and the shedding of old skins 🤍
Lepages glue is stuck in my memory from Grade 2 in Oakville back in the 60's and the nipple-like 'spout'.
Having written a book, (The Book of Snake), I must say how thoroughly I enjoyed the wealth of images with this newsletter! Years ago, I watched a large water moccasin snake shed its skin, slowly, over three days. A very focused presence, even as he /she hung over the branch of a small shrub in the water. I learned that even the skin of the snake's eyes is shed during this process, and that they are temporarily blind for a time. Another excellent metaphor for us human beings, for when we think we 'see' the situation in and around us clearly! Thank you again for the wonderful collection of images! Here's a link to some excerpts from the book: https://www.andreamathieson.com/library/snake-medicine
I already like your book
Fantastic