Facets of Self
Jun. 15th, 2004 03:49 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
omimouseSelf-identification in the inner-landscape is an interesting thing. Astrid is almost always either a very large black panther or a 5'8" woman in her mid-twenties with long black hair and green eyes. Naomi is almost always either a small brown mouse, or the body as she would like it to be. (More muscular, clearer skin, feathered rainbow wings, and a long, prehensile mouse tail)
When perceived form deviates from these norms, it is almost always a sign of extreme anger or rage. (Yes, there is a difference. Anger lasts a day at most. Rage can and usually does burn for years.) Even then, the different forms are always the same. Astrid will have feathered wings, armor, and a sword that is exactly at the upper end of what she can wield without difficulty. All are wreathed in flame hot enough that the core is white. Naomi becomes a wolverine. Anthro or four-limbed, it is always some variant on a wolverine. Temprament included.
This self-identification continues into all magical workings. These forms are how we see our true Selves to be.
Whiling away a rainy day by introspection . . .
When perceived form deviates from these norms, it is almost always a sign of extreme anger or rage. (Yes, there is a difference. Anger lasts a day at most. Rage can and usually does burn for years.) Even then, the different forms are always the same. Astrid will have feathered wings, armor, and a sword that is exactly at the upper end of what she can wield without difficulty. All are wreathed in flame hot enough that the core is white. Naomi becomes a wolverine. Anthro or four-limbed, it is always some variant on a wolverine. Temprament included.
This self-identification continues into all magical workings. These forms are how we see our true Selves to be.
Whiling away a rainy day by introspection . . .
