During an early morning cranio-sacral therapy session last Saturday, a revelation came to my gifted therapist. I was told of a devastating incident that took place in my previous incarnation. Whether it was a fable my body was telling her, or a real memory retrieved from my cellular bank, I don't know, but I will stand by every word of the story as ringing entirely true to me. It was almost familiar, like something someone else remembers from your childhood that all comes rushing back.
She told me of a tragedy. It involved depraved selfishness, a kindred's betrayal of the other and a dead (eaten) baby deer. At the end of the story, an arrow was shot through "my" chest, effectively closing out the friendship. (I might be stubbornly sentimental, but shoot me with an arrow and we are so not friends anymore.)
My treatment, the physical aspect of it, went amazingly, but it was the story that really stayed with me. It wouldn't leave me all week. I was constantly reflecting on it, knowing the story had been paralleled in this lifetime as well, and it allowed me some closure that I didn't even know I needed. Fawns and arrows notwithstanding, the plot was exactly the same. It's why I still have nerve damage in the spot where the arrow went through. (Stay with me, here...)
This past Saturday, Jen and I wandered past our favourite alternative bookshop, and she glanced in the window and nearly pulled my arm off. She was pointing at a book cover that then pulled us into the store. I demanded it be brought out, knowing I'd buy it, regardless of what was inside. It was for me.
It was called My Hunger For Venison, by Gary Baseman. A series of 33 prints, depicting his muse, Venison. She's cavorting with a fawn deer, she's taking bites out of it, she's tangled in roots, and last but not least, of course, she's shot with an arrow. "Venison Struck" is the title of that painting, mid-way through the series, should you go to his site to have a look.
Venison, acrylic on wood panel. © Gary Baseman, 2006.
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Posted by: photokeesha | January 05, 2012 at 01:02 AM