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Ian Patterson's avatar

Oh my fucking god, this cut me deep. I was locked in from the first line. Tears in my eyes at the end. I love it. Absolutely incredible and I'm honored to have it be based on a prompt I gave. I'm saving this forever. I'm going to print it out as soon as I'm near a printer again.

Also, some strange bits of connection. I have a massive kitsune tattoo. Foxes have always been my *thing*. I smiled to see a mention. And godspeed is one of my favorite bands of all time, that album in particular is one I write to frequently.

Thank you, Edith 🙏.

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Edith Bow's avatar

I can give you the kitsune picture since it's a gif, if you want that you have it forever. Just DM me your email. And I'll send it away. I did warn the world it was going to be deep & traumatic but it's so real with everything going on in the world and partial non fiction. I'm glad you loved the piece.

I have two wolves but I love kitsune & foxes, my friend has a husky that looks like a fox so she named him kitsune "kit" for short. Lovely dog. Foxes make the cutest noises and they love belly rubs. Little chirps. I think with a correct license you can have one in certain states. They're not good with kids though because they're nippy. I've encountered many foxes in California. They're very gentle creatures in the wild. I love Godspeed! I've written to them many times. I also listen to Mt. Silver Zion formed from Godspeed. Incredible instrumentals.

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Nick Winney's avatar

I wish I could close my eyes AND read your work at the same time. You are a well spring, a conduit for a realm of experiential stimulation through seemingly incoherent anti grammatical words that unlock a reality like secret keys.

I tried a streeam of consciousness moment to explain how this made me feel.

A powerful story swirls out of this for me..

sublimely nourishing.

Thank you!

also - GIFs rock! wow! they also sort of nudge my mind film - so more like you, less like me. A good thing I'd say :-)

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Edith Bow's avatar

You may not be able to close and read it, but feeling is all the same to reading when it comes to something that moves you ~

As soon as I can through the experimental prose and make it sharper I'll be unstoppable I've heard. Really felt this one though.

Too bad I was never wealthy enough to make that avante garde film eh? I tried to show some of what the visualizations may have been in the film through the gifs. It's correct.

I think if the story requires it in the future I'll use multimedia again. It was fun to make. It allows people to imagine or see some similarities of what goes inside my head even if they're not exact replicas.

I'm glad you liked it! It was a pretty powerful piece of mine 💜

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Nick Winney's avatar

if you can get your mind onto film the way you can get it into words - Jesus.

I dream the dream capture video brain interface tech will arrive one day. But then would we drown in terrible dreams?

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Hylia Corvidae's avatar

This is fucking spectacular and gripped me somewhere right in the core, apologies for the likelihood of me blowing up your notifications in the future (I’ve had your diary entries saved for a minute and am excited to get to them soon!)

But wow wow wow. I am obsessed

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Edith Bow's avatar

Thank you! I put everything on lockdown recently because I'm awaiting a press release. Are you on the forever comp'd list? So you can read everything for free? You don't need to apologize at all. I am happy whenever something moves others, in such a way. Blow it the fuck up all you want. Be unapologetically yourself. That's all I care about 🎉

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Hylia Corvidae's avatar

I think I am comped! 🥰

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Nick Winney's avatar

Everything Edith writes is like this or better. It isn' fair, but it is a joy every time. A new film in my mind's eye and new wonders. She made me write things I never dreamt I could write. A special mind. A special human.

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Emil Ottoman's avatar

This one hurt ME 😭

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Edith Bow's avatar

It's not a suicide note, I'll live forever. I got cat mom energy. Crazy cat ladies unite.

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