Making it More Personal

Something I shared with a customer who was looking to add to the experience, “Maybe a day or two before eating one, build it a special place on your altar or build it its own special altar space to put it to get that intention out there and get you starting to connect with that particular truffle for a couple of days first like that. Let it lead you as to what else to put on the altar. Maybe even a drawing that you make yourself of the plant or that represents the plant.  I only add that last part because right before I came up with the whole truffle idea I had made two extremely time consuming pieces of art. One for mandrake and one for belladonna.

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I later reflected that I think the plants saw it as my commitment and love for them, like an offering of my own time which, in this day and age, giving our time to something or someone can be quite the gift and/or sacrifice in itself. I remember while I was creating the artwork, I was feeling more and more bonded to the plants too. It took away that feeling of me being an outsider to them perhaps. The creative process was intimacy between us and established that closeness that no one could take away once it happened.

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Maybe there is something you can create for them. The more you give of yourself, the more they give in return. That said, I am not one for blood sacrifice. My personal time is far more of a sacrifice and act of love than letting some of my own blood, but that's just me and my personal path. I guess the whole point is it needs to be deeply personal. <3”