Raven's Lesson - '..First Things First.'
Opinion: “Watching one of the most intelligent creatures on the planet, (in my opinion), I have found that they communicate with nature and their peers with a delightfully simple method. When they interact, they always invite others to share with them. It is the first thing they do. They deal with problems in the order in which they appear, and it is a good thing they are a protected species of animal. In the Inuit culture they are a highly respected animal. They have much to teach us about survival and communication. I have noted a relationship between the behavior of the Raven and that of the Wolf in the arctic. It is a condition that deserves more study, in which we would understand the true nature of them both.
“One of my observations, is while in the abscence of other food resources, that Ravens eat scat, especially of lupines/canids. They prefer meat most of all though, eating up to their entire body weight in a day, and associate feeding on meat with wolves on a hunt. In fact, there are times when I believe a Raven will actually guide wolves toward places to hunt. A Raven cannot open a carcass by itself. That’s the wolf’s job. The first thing a Raven will usually do when in a crowd of Ravens or wolves feeding, is to cache a portion of the meat for later after the fresh-kill is devoured. A cache is an important part of the Raven’s behavior since Ravens will often “steal” from another’s cache. That’s why Ravens take the time to make multiple sites, where food is put into a cache. Wolves will cache food as well; especially when there is any surplus of food before winter. Wolves often intentionally make a surplus, not out of blood-lust, but for the need right before denning to raise their young… when frequent hunting would be impossible.”
“INTO THE WILD”
Eddie Vedder - Hard Sun - The funniest movie is here. Find it
An excellent movie and soundtrack, from a story about a man in search of a deeper meaning… at the cost of his own life, an Alaskan story that spans his life in ‘society’ and his journey of self-discovery when he goes ‘Into the Wild’. This music video was done by Eddie Vedder, a movie directed by Sean Penn; an Emile Hirsch’s movie based on the life of Christopher McCandless, as written by Jon Krakauer. He died of starvation, only two miles from help, on Stampede Trail just outside of Healy, Alaska…
Lyrics to Eddie Vedder “Hard Sun” :
When I walk beside her
i am the better man
when I look to leave her
I always stagger back again
once I built an ivory tower
so I could worship from above
and when I climbed down to be set free
she took me in again
there’s a big
a big hard sun
beaten on the big people
in the big hard world
when she comes to greet me
she is mercy at my feet
when I see her pin her charm
she just throws it back again
once I sought an early grave
to find a better land
she just smiled and laughed at me
and took her blues back again
there’s a big
a big hard sun
beaten on the big people
in the big hard world
there’s a big
a big hard sun
beaten on the big people
in the big hard world
when I go to cross that river
she is comfort by my side
when I try to understand
she just opens up her eyes
there’s a big
a big hard sun
beaten on the big people
in the big hard world
once I stood to lose her
when I saw what I had done
bound down and flew away the hours
of her garden and her sun
so I tried to warn her
i’ll turn to see her weep
40 days and 40 nights
and it’s still coming down on me
there’s a big
a big hard sun
beaten on the big people
in the big hard world
there’s a big
a big hard sun
beaten on the big people
in the big hard world
there’s a big
a big hard sun
beaten on the big people
in the big hard world
there’s a big
a big hard sun
beaten on the big people
in the big hard world…
