Day 72
creature
When we see a person’s face grow fierce with animal anger, or a pet turn his head in a way that seems intelligent in a human way, we are seeing a creature. The line that we perceive exists between us and the animal world is blurred all of the time, and we use the word creature. It is a word that evokes mystery, imagination, something more than this, less than that, odd, beautiful or terrifying.
It is one of my favorite words
I try to notice when I am doing something that brings out the creature in me. When I am less in my head, more in my body, aware of my skin and heartbeat. I have always loved myths of humans turning to wolves. It seems almost, not quite, natural. Why is it so hard sometimes for us to feel our kinship with animals? Are we so different? If you take our words away, if you remove our clothes, if you catch us naked, just out of the shower, crouching and rummaging through a cupboard…we are just creatures.
