This episode is a recording of one section of an essay I originally wrote for subscribers. Read the full essay here.

The key points in this "speaking":

• The world arrives as one: body and soul together, one uncaused arising.
• "Foods prepared with presence can open the pores towards particular worlds."
• "The human is a virtual animal, an ideological construct that derives its meaning from material exclusion."
• "The Yukaghirs say that before children learn to speak, the body is open: “raw meat.” Language is learned and the flesh bends into itself, circling small worlds of human-centric meanings."
• "Foregoing language re-attunes the flesh to the fluid, sensual conversation outside of fixed human meanings."
• "I would also like to be less dependent on this technology we call speech. Can I learn the subtle speakings of wilder things?"

If you have questions, comments, or suggestions for future topics, you can email me at sondra@sondrawriter.com. You can also check out my website at ⁠www.sondrawriter.com⁠, where you'll find my essays and links to ⁠my memoir⁠.

Music is L'épisode cévenol by Circus Marcus, from the Free Music Archive. License type: CC BY-NC.