A very late intro!
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animal_quillsHello! I understand Animal Quills hasn’t been truly active in a while, but since I’m hoping to add some of my writings here, I figured I should post an intro for anyone who wanders by.
I’m Kiso. I’m a coyote person and what the community calls a “shapeshifter” - ie, my experiences flux around and I experience a variety of animals in addition to the base feeling of coyote. In my case, it’s often other canids (my experiences vary enough that “coyote” is really just the best way to encapsulate the center, but it slides more wolf or fox at times). Sometimes other carnivores - especially felids - show up too, and birds, and more besides.
I’ve been in online therianthrope spaces for over 20 years now, with generally fairly limited engagement. I’m much more interested in hearing about other people’s experiences and in the nature of having a self at all than in meta-discussions about the community itself, terminology, or who does or doesn’t belong.
So I’ve been trying to contribute by putting more out there myself! It’s rather beyond my comfort zone. I really admired all the personal writings I read back in the 00’s but have never felt I could accomplish the same or really had anything valuable to say. But I will try all the same!
I also like to contribute a lot of art - masks, digital art, handcrafted pieces. Art has always been a huge part of my expression and I love sharing that enjoyment with other people.
I spend a lot of time outside both for work and fun, and my relationship with the land is also a big part of being animal for me. I love to hike and camp when I can, I’m a “herper”, and I collect and clean skulls (which I also often provide to other animal people, in true scavenger fashion, haha).
I’m looking forward to dropping writings here as I complete them. I’ve long been happy that this group exists and would love to have my own work included.
I’m Kiso. I’m a coyote person and what the community calls a “shapeshifter” - ie, my experiences flux around and I experience a variety of animals in addition to the base feeling of coyote. In my case, it’s often other canids (my experiences vary enough that “coyote” is really just the best way to encapsulate the center, but it slides more wolf or fox at times). Sometimes other carnivores - especially felids - show up too, and birds, and more besides.
I’ve been in online therianthrope spaces for over 20 years now, with generally fairly limited engagement. I’m much more interested in hearing about other people’s experiences and in the nature of having a self at all than in meta-discussions about the community itself, terminology, or who does or doesn’t belong.
So I’ve been trying to contribute by putting more out there myself! It’s rather beyond my comfort zone. I really admired all the personal writings I read back in the 00’s but have never felt I could accomplish the same or really had anything valuable to say. But I will try all the same!
I also like to contribute a lot of art - masks, digital art, handcrafted pieces. Art has always been a huge part of my expression and I love sharing that enjoyment with other people.
I spend a lot of time outside both for work and fun, and my relationship with the land is also a big part of being animal for me. I love to hike and camp when I can, I’m a “herper”, and I collect and clean skulls (which I also often provide to other animal people, in true scavenger fashion, haha).
I’m looking forward to dropping writings here as I complete them. I’ve long been happy that this group exists and would love to have my own work included.
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Date: 2023-10-01 04:09 am (UTC)And I'm glad you've been sharing things!
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Date: 2023-10-01 02:13 pm (UTC)I’ve got more writings in the works. A couple are pretty far along, but most are still rough outlines. Hopefully I’ll have some more finished in the upcoming weeks or months!
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Date: 2023-10-09 05:56 pm (UTC)Nice to hear from you in any case! I have felt disconnected from the present-day communities (having, too, grown as a person on the personal writing of the 90's and 00's), so it's nice to see people want to engage on that level every now and then.
I will read your recent writings and try to find the time to answer when I can, thank you for sharing them.
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Date: 2023-10-09 08:00 pm (UTC)Glad to see you're around!! I have felt pretty disconnected myself; I feel pretty out of touch with most of the modern trends and terminology. Other than trying to give helpful thoughts to people who pop in at the one forum I still frequent, I mostly don't engage much other than to share art... which is at least still something; I'm not sure I have much else to offer at times.
I hope you enjoy the writings!! I've got a couple more pretty well under way, but time has been scarce lately, so they sit there unfinished!