Beasts and beauties and a new year around the bend

The recent dark moon has people acting screwy.  Folks who I know to be solid land mammals are suddenly flailing around the seashores and lakes, looking like they want to swim.  Bird people are digging dirt-- and not just for worms-- digging cause they've lost focus, cause they've forgotten to look up: those wings aren't just for show, folks. 

Time for a little wintertime introspection.  Remember our faculties.  Remember we are spirit people.

I've recently given a little sea lion to the son of a beaver.  These are both animals that can do well in those ecotone environments.  Survivors.  Playful hardworkers.  Beavers are builders.  They remind us to build up our dreams, not lose focus.  If a beaver has shown up in your life, chances are, you need to spend a little time repairing your balance.  Maybe your creative energy has been diffused-- you've forgotten that your work and your personal legend are intrinsically tied together.  Beavers tell us to act on our dreams, make them reality.

In the same vein, sea lions are creative, sensitive, souls.  These folks tend to swim around in their own heads a lot-- and the trick for them is to figure when and how to bring their gifts to the surface.  Folks with sea lion totems should pay particular attention to their ears and what they're hearing or what they're listening to.  Music and words can unlock doors for these folks.

I also tried to get a three-legged unicorn to a three-legged unicorn.  Not sure if it made it.  Unicorns are special, of course.  And over here at Wildbeings they're even more so because they always break.  Mostly the horns break off.  In this case, it was a leg.  So I was looking for somebody who still had their magic intact, but maybe had forgotten about it because they're concentrating too much on their limp.  The three legged unicorn is a reminder that you're very special-- but it's up to you to figure if you're a magician or a cripple-- depends on where your energy goes and flows.

This is a time to go within, reevaluate, refocus.  Time to remind ourselves that we have special talents and we need to remember to use them-- or they'll atrophy.  So wherever you are in this last week of the year-- land or sea or air-- be there.  And start from there.
 
We will see you in the new year, beasts!
   

automatic for the animal-people

We've been depositing spirit animals all over the downtown area in the past few weeks.  Wolves, bears, mountain lions, catfish, even a drunken turkey.  It's been a bit of a blur.   This happens on occasion: the giving away becomes a whirlwind and overshadows the documentation.  That's because finding homes for the animals is fun and games, but writing about it is work. 

Don't worry, some of us are worker bees.  And the fact is, we've been working on some other ceramic side projects: light pulls that look like hands, hanging baskets for succulents, ornaments, wind chimes, little keychain houses... but the animals are returning in full force soon enough. 


Because solstice is coming.  The idea that we are reaching a point where the light and darkness are perfectly balanced is a big deal.  We could use a little balance over here.  As the darkness grows, we are considering hibernation.  Or migration?  Something. Bottom line: If you found a spirit animal in the past few weeks, you're on your own.  Is it yours?  Does it belong to someone else?  Your call.  This is a community art project.  And you, good folks, are the community.

Back to it, Spirit People!