The guillemot (a European bird much like Bernsie, herself) hurls itself off a precipice before it is fully fledged, not as a test of will or wings, but as an instinctual following act just a few steps behind its mother. And the fledgling guillemot doesn’t stick the landing. It doesn’t even fly. The guillemot feels [...]
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Are we still unfledged?
Posted in Becomingness, Feminism, Film, Fledging Process, New beginnings, Ramblings on life, Sea legs, Seasons: Leaves Snow Flowers Sand, Self-reflection, World travel and wanderlust, tagged At land, Becomingness, Guillemot, Maya Deren, Sea legs on October 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »





