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Oct. 22nd, 2024 10:59 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
asakiyumeThere's a chair beside the path in the woods. Some leaves have collected on it.
Would you sit on it?
I sent the photo to my Tikuna tutor. She said maybe it's the seat of Madre Monte, a guardian of the forest and the animals in it, a terror to hunters, clearcutters, and fishers. She appears in the deep forest when there are storms, is responsible for water-borne ailments, and her screams are louder than thunder (says Spanish-language Wikipedia).
But maybe in her quieter moments, she appreciates a good place to sit down.
It takes temerity to sit in a seat that has "reserved" written all over it, but one of the fairies at my christening blessed me with temerity, so I gave it a try--and then jumped up, because when I sat, I sank riiiiiiiiight in, and I didn't want to find out deep the sinking would go.
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In my dad's front yard there are a sugar maple and a Norway maple. The Norway maple was shedding maps the other day.
Where would you like to go?
Each map is unique--you take it and follow it as you see fit. You could do this with ordinary maps, too. A map of London is great for navigating London, but what if you try using it in Osaka or Kota Kinabalu or Cairo? It could be interesting.
Would you sit on it?
I sent the photo to my Tikuna tutor. She said maybe it's the seat of Madre Monte, a guardian of the forest and the animals in it, a terror to hunters, clearcutters, and fishers. She appears in the deep forest when there are storms, is responsible for water-borne ailments, and her screams are louder than thunder (says Spanish-language Wikipedia).
But maybe in her quieter moments, she appreciates a good place to sit down.
It takes temerity to sit in a seat that has "reserved" written all over it, but one of the fairies at my christening blessed me with temerity, so I gave it a try--and then jumped up, because when I sat, I sank riiiiiiiiight in, and I didn't want to find out deep the sinking would go.
* * *
In my dad's front yard there are a sugar maple and a Norway maple. The Norway maple was shedding maps the other day.
Where would you like to go?
Each map is unique--you take it and follow it as you see fit. You could do this with ordinary maps, too. A map of London is great for navigating London, but what if you try using it in Osaka or Kota Kinabalu or Cairo? It could be interesting.
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Date: 2024-10-23 07:59 pm (UTC)I am sorry to say that I would not sit down because I am permanently concerned about bedbugs. As a secondary concern, I'd worry about exactly what started to happen, just sinking right down to the Marsh King's abode or some other alarming place. I don't think I'm very adventurous, overall.
I'd follow a maple map, though. I would do that.
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Date: 2024-10-23 08:14 pm (UTC)The maple map was from my dad's yard, and I'm not going there this weekend, but if there are any on the ground next time I visit, I will collect one and send it to you--and you can report what you find ;-)
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Date: 2024-10-30 07:48 pm (UTC)P.
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Date: 2024-11-02 11:09 pm (UTC)