Pushed away: Venison
“Softness is a luxury for people who never had to take anything.”
It runs coarse on purpose, treating tenderness, reverence and the whole feminine register as decoration for people with easier lives, and it takes from a room far more readily than it puts into one. It came out of a household with the same creed, where hardness was the currency and giving anything away was counted as a loss. What it asks for is one contribution made with nothing coming back.
It echoes Egill Skallagrimsson, who took what he wanted from every coast he landed on, buried his silver where nobody would ever find it, and cursed the gods aloud when they finally took something from him. The form implies a task: to notice what the hardness has been unable to keep.
- Essence
- The Fortified
- Rule
- Softness got you nothing there, so I never learned to carry any.
- Substance / Activity
- Venison
- Archetype
- Egill Skallagrimsson
- Emotional theme
- Hardness as creed; contempt for tenderness
- Behavioural pattern
- Coarse taking without contribution; avoidance of love, intimacy and reverence
- Family dynamic
- Household with the same hard creed, where giving was counted as loss
- Core wound
- Softness got you nothing there, so I never learned to carry any.
- Exit
- Making one contribution with nothing coming back.
What is the "Pushed away: Venison" pattern?
It runs coarse on purpose, treating tenderness, reverence and the whole feminine register as decoration for people with easier lives, and it takes from a room far more readily than it puts into one. It came out of a household with the same creed, where hardness was the currency and giving anything away was counted as a loss. What it asks for is one contribution made with nothing coming back.
What does "Pushed away: Venison" sound like when it shows up?
Softness is a luxury for people who never had to take anything.
What is the archetypal form of "Pushed away: Venison"?
It echoes Egill Skallagrimsson, who took what he wanted from every coast he landed on, buried his silver where nobody would ever find it, and cursed the gods aloud when they finally took something from him. The form implies a task: to notice what the hardness has been unable to keep.
This is a pattern. Not a verdict.
It appears in many lives.
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