Rites tidbits
Jane said, "Aren't you glad you're not a poor mundane?" And she's right. There are things that just don't happen to people who only ever live in the mundane world, that I wouldn't be without for anything.
Hanging out with the Vikings, we had a private performance of the Celtic harp. Several songs of exquisite beauty, for no better reason than because the Viking king's lady had asked it.
Down at the lakefront, we had a private fire performance--fire-spinning and fire-breathing, by a woman who said her mother was a dragon and her father was a bear. She wasn't too sure how the logistics of that worked, but somehow, she came out a fire maiden. The grace and skill of her as she danced within flying flame was indescribable.
Even the laughing, dirty, naked children were something you just don't see in the day to day world anymore. Nowadays, nobody knows what to do with nakedness, and gods forbid something might be real enough to get you dirty. It's so much better to have kids stay inside and play video games, slack-jawed, with glazed expressions. So much safer, right? Naked and dirty and laughing is the way kids are supposed to be. In the arms of my pagan community, I feel like not everyone is afraid to really live, after all.
I licked someone's nipple. I'm not even sure who it was attached to. It was covered in whipped cream and ten inches from my nose. It seemed like the thing to do.
There were afternoons spent lounging in the sun, listening to pick-up music and watching people hula-hoop. And yes, I am so glad I'm not a poor mundane.
Hanging out with the Vikings, we had a private performance of the Celtic harp. Several songs of exquisite beauty, for no better reason than because the Viking king's lady had asked it.
Down at the lakefront, we had a private fire performance--fire-spinning and fire-breathing, by a woman who said her mother was a dragon and her father was a bear. She wasn't too sure how the logistics of that worked, but somehow, she came out a fire maiden. The grace and skill of her as she danced within flying flame was indescribable.
Even the laughing, dirty, naked children were something you just don't see in the day to day world anymore. Nowadays, nobody knows what to do with nakedness, and gods forbid something might be real enough to get you dirty. It's so much better to have kids stay inside and play video games, slack-jawed, with glazed expressions. So much safer, right? Naked and dirty and laughing is the way kids are supposed to be. In the arms of my pagan community, I feel like not everyone is afraid to really live, after all.
I licked someone's nipple. I'm not even sure who it was attached to. It was covered in whipped cream and ten inches from my nose. It seemed like the thing to do.
There were afternoons spent lounging in the sun, listening to pick-up music and watching people hula-hoop. And yes, I am so glad I'm not a poor mundane.
posted by Journey | 3:09 PM
1 Comments:
That comment about the nipple might have been an interesting item to include in the "7 Random Things" post.
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