Jul 23, 2023

I guess no turtles look like this...


Last year, staffers of an art site were influenced by a regular user, "Blue Wolf Spirit", who always signed comments with a wolf logo on a navy background. They each chose an animal and drew it on a field of color: Orange Cat, Red Goose, Fluorescent Flamingo, Magenta Bower Bird, Naples Yellow Sheep, Purple Platypus, Burnt Sienna Moo, Quinacridone Rose Owl."

Whenever I sense the least bit of danger, I find myself shrinking back inside a hard shell. afraid of getting hurt. I want to think of myself as someone who actually has a lot to offer but is too timid to reach out so no one will know about it...The more I saw at the pond, the more I identified myself with the turtle, so I wondered if I could call myself "Teal Turtle".

But I'm near-sighted. I love turtles and have seen lots of them, but it's hard to imagine one wearing glasses! I wonder if a spectacle-wearing turtle can influence anybody.