Mogs made this drawing the other day:
She tells us it is a picture of the moon and a snake. (The snake is the little squiggle in the lower right.) Lately she has been imitating snakes by sticking out her tongue and pulling it back in really fast. So far her drawings have been about horses and fish, but Tony and Mogs have recently been discussing the moon. He explained how people have gone up there in a rocketship and asked her if she would want to go. She did and now when she looks at the moon she shouts “Go!”
I was curious about Mogs’ snake and moon combo drawing and did a little hunting around on the Internet. I found that there are many cultures with stories that depict a relationship between snakes and the moon. The idea of rebirth is strongly associated with this imagery.
The moon and the snake have long been associated with the life-creating rhythm of the female. Sometimes the snake is portrayed in female form as a god of the mystery of birth and death.
While I would never assume two-year-old Mogs is truly able to understand her life-creating power, it is fun to think she has an intuitive knowledge of what it means to be female.
Coincidentally, Tony has written an amazing post about his thoughts on stargazing with Mogs. Check out his blog – it is really impressive that he can think about and write such amazing essays on top of his busy career and home life. It’s fun to share blogging with Tony, to read what he is interested in and to see how he expresses himself within a wider audience. I think blogging has been a great tool for increasing the creativity and self-expression in our house. Are you in a two-blog household? Share you stories with me!
Thanks for the link and the rave reviews.
I’ve told you this a million times, and I’ll say it again — if you’re interested in archetypes, totems, etc. (ala the creative power of snake and the moon) you should really read “Myth and Meaning” by Claude Levi-Strauss. It’s a quick read, and really amazing.
I’m in a two-blog household too. Acutally a three blog household if you count the one just about my brain tumor.
There’s some good aspects to being a multiblog household.
The funny part is when we have common blog “friends” we’ve never met and refer to them by their username or location.
The good, but not so funny part, is that when I was diagnosed with my tumor, her readers became some of my strongest supporters. They helped with fundraising and emotional support.