{"id":879,"date":"2013-08-14T15:06:59","date_gmt":"2013-08-14T15:06:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.nielskunze.com\/?p=879"},"modified":"2013-08-14T15:06:59","modified_gmt":"2013-08-14T15:06:59","slug":"the-daily-forest-report-august-14-2013-chasing-innocence-and-new-adventure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.nielskunze.com\/?p=879","title":{"rendered":"The Daily Forest Report August 14, 2013 Chasing Innocence and New Adventure"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve been meaning to take a microphone and audio recorder out to the woods for some time already. Sometimes I simply can’t get a picture of those “speaking” to me… or if I do, it’s so far away that it can hardly be seen. Such is the case with Whitetail this day. (He’s framed in the centre of the opening in the fence… barely discernible.)<\/p>\n

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Nevertheless, I have been encountering Whitetail’s gentle lure nearly everyday for a week already. He makes a snorting\/whistling sound in the distance, just out of sight whenever he detects my presence. I answer with my natural voice and he is content… yet remains mostly out of sighting distance.<\/p>\n

“Follow me. Long have I been humanity’s primary connection to the Forest. It is a place of New Adventure, and my way is to lead through gentle enticement.<\/p>\n

“The heart of the Forest is infinitely deep, and guides are well advised. My white tail is not a flag of surrender to anything but a lost innocence… and it is easy to follow.<\/p>\n

“We will sharpen our senses together, not in defence of anticipated danger, but rather toward a heightened perception of things heretofore unseen…”<\/p>\n

I guess that’s why he teases me daily without overtly revealing himself.<\/p>\n

(I’ll try to get a recording of his distinctive voice in the near future.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’ve been meaning to take a microphone and audio recorder out to the woods for some time already. Sometimes I simply can’t get a picture of those “speaking” to me… or if I do, it’s so far away that it (…)<\/p>\n

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