Oceans of Sagesse


Journey of The Sage

The path towards Wisdom draws insights from the dreary depths and applies them fearlessly into the open. Key to transformation lies in communing with the intransigent clam beds of Serre. Their timeless knowledge is not lightly gained. Intelligence becomes enlightenment as the inward gazing eye pivots outward, imparting play and connection between the hollow caves of science and the dynamic surf above.

The Calling of Wisdom

All Moods are fleeting but you would make an integrated home for six of them.


The Vagabonds

Avoidance is the only avenue for these two Fera to express their fearful experiences of the world.

  • The Journey of Wisdom begins in Boredom. Avoidantly adrift, the long tentacled Jelly Fish sinks beneath waves of Indifference. Boredom embodies absolute passivity while burning in exasperation for more.

 
  • Artful avoidance takes a secondary form in the Despondent Manatee. Nothing participatory here but plenty of observational artistry, nonetheless. Such a sensitive beast! Pity she knows no way to express the solitary conclusions from her deep diving escapes.


Residents at the Clam Beds of Serre

The impulse to avoid all things ends dramatically with the arrival of two superior clingers.

  • Star Fish resists the sea’s call for flex and flow to fearlessly clamp down on those in proximity. Out of sync with nature’s fluidity, he directs his Obsessive energy into an uncontrollable desire to consume others as the objects of his study.

 
  • Fascinated Octopus utilizes her suction cup powers, not to consume but to tickle and slowly undress her world. Her quick reflexive maneuvers make her a deeply solitary creature yet also one in unique calibration with her physical surroundings.


The Surf Riders

It’s not that the fear of the world has resolved, but expressed now as sheer enticement for deeper understanding.

  • The same bubbling fires of energy that stir Manatee to escape, are activated in Otter to attain profound Attunement with his surroundings. The resistant habits of Star Fish meet their opposite in Otter, for he feels himself inseparable and united with the sea waves, kelp, and rain carved hollows on which he plays.

 
  • Dolphin partakes of the same profound curiosity of the Octopus while imparting the possibility of outward Engagement. The narrow focus of Fascination is replaced by a panoply of perspectives shared by pods of likeminded swimmers.


Personas of Wisdom

Driven by the imperative to Be Smart, these “three mood combos” help to reconcile opposing moods.


The Know It All

Absent entanglement, floating

The heavy oceans of knowledge embedded within could secure your place among likeminded friends, or just as easily take you beyond all reach.

The Know It All casts his lot by holding to truth itself, accepting whatever the cost.

Ravenous clinging, embracing of ruin

Happily danced, finding balance in play


The Genius

Lingering smarts, so just look away

At the core of the Genius Persona is the strong pull towards isolation.

With pure curiosity mediating that separateness and drawing the outside world in, a new interface is established for depth and connection.

Delicate probing, exploring transfixed

Forces start focusing, aligned, intelligent

 
 
 
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