From the Stars (WC)

 

(Wendy Cabell, August 29, 2023, feast day of Our Lady of Valverde (above; "With his right hand he blesses the bystanders looking at them lovingly, and with the other caress a small crane, which shyly hides in the left hand of the beautiful Virgin"), Our Lady of Clermont, Our Lady of the Guard, Our Lady of Tears, the Chortkiv Icon of the Mother of God, of Saint John the Baptist (beheading), Saint Jeanne Jugan, Blessed Teresa Bracco, and Beatrice of Nazareth. On Jewish calendar today continues the Seven [Weeks] of Consolation, and reflection for the upcoming High Holidays. Image from here.)

From the Stars

(in gratitude for the gift of movement)

desire (v.):..from Latin desiderare "long for, wish for; 

demand, expect,"...[from] de sidere "from the stars"

–etymonline.com

Around 300 BC... Chuang-tzu [wrote about] ‘walking like a bear and 

stretching their neck like a bird to achieve longevity.’... [And] it was Hua Tuo

who developed the first complete set of animal-imitating qigong exercises...

[saying] 'If you feel out of sorts, just practice one of my Frolics’.

--GeneChing, Kung Fu Magazine Forums

I want to move like owl

look right look left–-take it in

I want to move like bear

rolling lumbering, from 

this cave where all begins

I want to move like cat

stretching twisting 

uncurl, meet kin

I want to move like monkey swing slide glide give now a spin

I want to move like dragon

seacliff topping

unstoppable my swim 

I want to move says heart

whoosh-thump out 

whoosh-thump in

I want to--

*From combined prompts: Freewrite as inspired by etymology of “desire”, and by “I want” by Jordan Jace. From Lisa Freedman’s Imagination and Justice (via IWWG) BreatheReadWrite, August 29, 2023.