Hunting and Gathering
I sometimes long for that more primitive life which we once had; living in harmony with our environment. Having the knowledge of how everything fits together; understanding the plants, animals and seasons; living on our wits; hunting and gathering. Where life is precious and always on the line and death is something to be lived with.
I know there is a tendency to romanticize. That the reality is harsh. There were periods of terror, danger, disease, violent death, hunger, cold and fear. But I still crave for those days.
I crave for the brotherhood and trust of hunting in teams. I would like to live more naturally with my environment; to pit my wits against the predators; to have skills that are the difference between success and failure.Â
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Hunting and Gathering
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Hunting and gathering in the endless wilderness
Where life is fleeting
And survival a guess.
Pitting wits against the fang and the claw
When hunger is reality
And we always want for more.
Solving problems looking for patterns in the wind
Where knowledge is the difference
Between death and living.
Creating a universe from out of the void
Where mystery has no answer
And sense must be destroyed.
Taming the elements and defeating every threat
Creating divinities to mystify
And technology to avoid the sweat.
Ending with a habitat devoid of everything
With no threats left
And no hunter gathering.
Opher 7.11.2015
I think what it all boils down to is you want to feel alive and in the present moment… Is it not? 🙂
I think that’s a good part of it but I also think that there’s an element of wanting to feel connected to nature, part of the harmony of the web. I think humans are disconnecting themselves. They have forgotten that they are animals and part of the chain.
I wish we were all animals, I prefer animals to people (well not all people I can think of a few who have showed me kindness and understanding).
We are animals Anna. It’s just that we have a mean streak. We’re twisted by our intelligence. I prefer animals. You know where you are with an animal.
Yes you know exactly where you stand. Just a few minutes ago I finished washing up with David helping me after dinner. As I came here to Davis computer Daisy, my dog, came up to me and licked my leg. It is what she always does when fed, her “thank you”. I adore Dogs and all animals.
They are less complex and more open – not as devious and very emotionally open.
Yes they are my Daisy cries mainly when she does not get the biscuits she wants.
You’ve made me miss my dog!
Opher, you will always miss them, they are in your heart and soul. I still miss to this day and shed a tear for them all right back to my beautiful “Tara” my Rhodesian Ridgeback. She was a Nanny to Jonathan when he was born and later David I trusted her with my babies.
Yes. They are family.