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Carly Wright's avatar

This is beautifully written. To witness and partake in the death that sustains our life is humbling and profound, and wholesome indeed, to connect so intimately with the land and cycles of life that we are all part of. "I eat you and you eat me." Perfect. <3

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Anja Smoliak's avatar

What a BEAUTIFUL read Marija 🤍🤍🤍 Thank you, thank you, thank you. Also, thank you for takINg us on a visual journey with you! As a Woman who was a vegan for 10 years, who started eatINg meat agaIN 2+ years ago Now, who IS still gettINg IN right relationship with meat and who Will have a homestead with Her Family IN the foreseeable Future, thIS resonates sooooo deeply. Once upon a time, not so long ago, WE All Lived IN such close, and RECIPROCAL relationship with ALL of the Food that WE ate, ANIMAls INcluded. WE INtentionally tended to and cared for the Land and the ANIMAls. WE INtentionally harvested the Land and brought those ANIMAls to their Death. WE INtentionally respected, revered and consumed EVERY part of those ANIMAls, from head to tail, not just "prized" pieces. The different textures of their full form a familiar experience ... not a foreign One. I often muse upon how modern digestive dis-ease IS by and large caused by disconnection from food Source. How can somethINg BE nutritionally BIOavailable to us, if WE are completely disconnected from wHere, what and more importantly, WHO it comes from? How can somethINg enLiven us, if WE are completely disconnected from it's aLiveness? An animistic orientation to Life IS always askINg WHO AM I relating to? Rather than, WHAT AM I relating to? BEcause no-thINg IS an INANIMATE object. EverythINg (EVERYONE) IS personified, BEcause everythINg IS aLive, BEcause everythINg IS ANIMA. So much Love and respect for you Sister! 🤍🤍🤍

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