Windswept Canopies

I'm a zoo I'm a zoo I'm a zoo I'm a zoo!!! and that's so cool!!! and I just need to shout it as loud as I can right now!!!

lol this is a different animal in this system than the one who typically posts here which is why this may feel different. God I have to learn how to be confident with this.

we no longer have any human bodied others close in our lives who we can be fully open with, and that has been weighing a lot on us... We have made it through the majority of our life like this, and will manage this time too, but it is very hard to go back to.

Recently completed this fun #feralnsfw commission - ft. rimming & watersports!

Fox peering out from under a pine tree in the snow

Good morning from @altyellonatpark.org

We hope to continue helping non humans get to be taken seriously, to be truly seen by those around them, and have any amount more autonomy over their lives. It breaks our heart at a very deep level how removed from agency and personhood non humans are in a human dominated society

this is far from the first human bodied person we've done this with, this seems to be a thing we consistently do to those who befriend us and have non humans in their lives. We are grateful to be listened to even when we may seem out of our mind at the start.

We wish this wasn't something that had to be learned over so much time. there is so much anthropocentric propaganda all of us are raised within that we have to learn to look at, before one can notice all of the ways the others around them are trying so hard to talk to them.

it has been nice to be taught, and the non-human has been very excited to be taken seriously by more human bodied others.

time has passed since this all occurred, and both have created an intricate body and auditory language together, and have been able to communicate so much that never would have been possible before. They both have been enthusiastic about teaching us the language when we have been in their vicinity,

when it clicked, their perspective on so much of life and the world changed, and their relationship with their non-human blossomed from one of seeing the other as more or less an object, to a real, mutual friendship of trust and care. it was really nice to get to see.

We recently helped someone to see the non-human in their life as the person they are. it took them awhile, it was pointing out over months how many of the behaviors they would joke of or be annoyed about were attempts at communication.

Good Morning Wolves.

Credit: hellorainyday
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A watchful eye in the wild. This wolf's gaze speaks volumes of quiet strength.

Wolf in nature. 🐺 A watchful eye in the wild.

Credit: c_claudias_photos
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a blue female wolf with a white and gold halo around her entire body, surrounded by a crowd of wolves striving to get close to lick and caress her. Those who touch her are eclipsed by the halo.

Light of the Sun and Moon (2021, colored pencil, graphite, ink and gold pen)

it has been an eventful few years of self acceptance.

A goat I drew at a punk bar 🌿

- Mechanical pencil & Micron Pen -

Wolf Love. 🐺🐺

Credit: wolfdiscover
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at worst we have gotten cautious, but thoughtful understanding, at best we have gotten others coming out to us too. it has been very terrifying each time, but it has been so helpful mentally to know we have been correct with our trust, and has been so helpful for fighting internalized shame.

we realized that most everyone who actually matters in our life, those who's thoughts of us we really value, at this point, actually do know of our attractions/identity. for some we have been more explicit with the wording than others, but everyone close is aware of this fundamental aspect of us.

It has been nice to become recognized as a familiar, friendly figure among our bird neighbors, and getting to acknowledge each other as we pass by

ending HIV is no longer a question of medical technology but a question of sufficient luigi

An artwork of a pond filled with water lilies with the night sky reflected on the water. Glowing bunnies are leaping across the pond, racing with shooting stars.

shooting stars 💫

we wish that bluesky did not seem to have an issue with image uploading from tor... This oddly cropped icon is the only image we have been able to upload without it corrupting, and our header image is an example of that corruption, as we have yet to find an image that functions correctly for that.

Once you internalize that the feelings, emotions, and pain of other animals are as important and real as your own

then not just animal agriculture, but also fires and floods and droughts and famines

become horrors difficult to bear.

Large blue and white bird with yellow eyes is resting on a log in a marsh.

Great Blue Heron resting peacefully.
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