Coyotes...
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Holy crap... That exact line is a running gag at my friends' house. Every time someone drops something, or knocks something over, or what have you, everyone yells "That's why we can't have nice things!" And, well, my boyfriend being a 'yote... This is just perfect. I'ma go wake him up now to show him. >^_^<
The raven put him up to it, don't blame the yote 8=P
My great Grandmother was Blackfoot Indian. She used to call me Coyote when I was little, but I don't recall much about her. Years back I started looking into North American Indian lore to discover what it meant, and this is a gathering of information I have summed up. When I found it, I just about fell over, its me to a "T"... Anyway...
-- Its commonly accepted that the Coyote has --
Ability to laugh at one's own mistakes
Understanding that all things are sacred--yet nothing is sacred
Teaching balance between risk and safety
The trickster
Teaching that only when all masks have fallen will we connect with the Source
Intelligence
Singing humans into being
Childhood trust in truth
Teaching us how to rear our young
Brings rain
Placing the North Star
Shape-shifting
Illumination
Stealth
-- And the common thoughts --
Coyote medicine is similar to that of Uranus - the unexpected.
Coyote brings lessons about yourself. You may not like the lesson, but you are almost sure to get a laugh from it, if not immediately, sometime in the future when you look back on the situation.
Not always does the trickery of Coyote turn out as He plans it. Think of Wiley Coyote chasing the Roadrunner in the cartoons... His schemes are known to backfire on Him from time to time. It must be remembered, though, that even when the trick backfires on Coyote, He survives. Sometimes it would be nice if He would learn from those tricks which backfire, so He would stop tricking, but He doesn't... ("That rancher's gun couldn't have been pointed at me. Maybe I better step back out there and take another look." BANG!) Then He'll move off to His next "great effort".
In the foolishness of Coyote's actions we see our own. As we often say, "No one could be that stupid!" But Coyote has raised shooting one's self in the foot to an art-form.
Coyote also warns us against self-delusion. Coyote is the Tom Sawyer energy which can convince someone that they are having fun whitewashing that fence.
If Coyote crossed your path, OPEN YOUR EYES! Here comes the pie in the face - even if it isn't always your own face it is in. Immediately examine what is behind your experiences. Ask yourself what you are really doing and why. Are you the source of the jokes being played on you? Are you trying to trick an opponent? Is someone trying to trick you? When did you last do something just because it was fun?
Coyote may remind you that you are unaware what you are doing to yourself. Take time to look at how you are deluding yourself and those around you. Look, laugh, and learn! Laugh, then move to correct your ways. The medicine is in laughter and joking so new attitudes may be acquired.
If Coyote is around you, you may be the one to crack the joke that breaks the tension, or gets the sad person to smile. You'll be the one to say the unexpected.
Beware the con artist with the Coyote medicine.
My great Grandmother was Blackfoot Indian. She used to call me Coyote when I was little, but I don't recall much about her. Years back I started looking into North American Indian lore to discover what it meant, and this is a gathering of information I have summed up. When I found it, I just about fell over, its me to a "T"... Anyway...
-- Its commonly accepted that the Coyote has --
Ability to laugh at one's own mistakes
Understanding that all things are sacred--yet nothing is sacred
Teaching balance between risk and safety
The trickster
Teaching that only when all masks have fallen will we connect with the Source
Intelligence
Singing humans into being
Childhood trust in truth
Teaching us how to rear our young
Brings rain
Placing the North Star
Shape-shifting
Illumination
Stealth
-- And the common thoughts --
Coyote medicine is similar to that of Uranus - the unexpected.
Coyote brings lessons about yourself. You may not like the lesson, but you are almost sure to get a laugh from it, if not immediately, sometime in the future when you look back on the situation.
Not always does the trickery of Coyote turn out as He plans it. Think of Wiley Coyote chasing the Roadrunner in the cartoons... His schemes are known to backfire on Him from time to time. It must be remembered, though, that even when the trick backfires on Coyote, He survives. Sometimes it would be nice if He would learn from those tricks which backfire, so He would stop tricking, but He doesn't... ("That rancher's gun couldn't have been pointed at me. Maybe I better step back out there and take another look." BANG!) Then He'll move off to His next "great effort".
In the foolishness of Coyote's actions we see our own. As we often say, "No one could be that stupid!" But Coyote has raised shooting one's self in the foot to an art-form.
Coyote also warns us against self-delusion. Coyote is the Tom Sawyer energy which can convince someone that they are having fun whitewashing that fence.
If Coyote crossed your path, OPEN YOUR EYES! Here comes the pie in the face - even if it isn't always your own face it is in. Immediately examine what is behind your experiences. Ask yourself what you are really doing and why. Are you the source of the jokes being played on you? Are you trying to trick an opponent? Is someone trying to trick you? When did you last do something just because it was fun?
Coyote may remind you that you are unaware what you are doing to yourself. Take time to look at how you are deluding yourself and those around you. Look, laugh, and learn! Laugh, then move to correct your ways. The medicine is in laughter and joking so new attitudes may be acquired.
If Coyote is around you, you may be the one to crack the joke that breaks the tension, or gets the sad person to smile. You'll be the one to say the unexpected.
Beware the con artist with the Coyote medicine.
Ummm... maybe the most surprising thing in this pic is to see that you've used digital media. All your gallery are done with traditional tools (and I really admires you for your way to use the colour, appart of the most than excellent drawing). It's natural and good to prove new things, isn't it? ;)
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