Trackers TEAMS Blog

My Intiation

6th

February

-by Laura Zerrra For as long as I can remember, I've been drawn to dead animals. Moments stick out in my early memory. There was the time I found the doe, melting in the ground after a hunter was unsuccessful in tracking his prey. I remember standing, transfixed, coming to terms with how fleeting life is. The raccoon, warm spring day, pale bones sticking through matted fur, shot for target practice by a notorious farmer. Or the robin, eyes turning cloudy as I held her carefully in my hands on the…

Write Comment

From the Editor: Initiations

4th

February

It is difficult, in this culture, to imagine an effective initiation, when so much of initiation depends on the life leading up to it. In tribal societies, initiates were only equipped to face the often life threatening conditions associated with initiation because they'd received the totality of childhood in a cohesive village or tribe.…

Write Comment