Shedding skin…
Like a snake stretching out of old tissue, leaving it behind, some flakes still attached, but moving forward
Like an owl, picking feathers, molting the under down, leaving the skin bare and raw, waiting for new feathers to come in, not being able to fly until the wing pens are fully there
Like a dog shedding the hair of the season, to feel fresh, new, adapting to the requirement of weather, season, outside environment, from the inside, shaking the body to release
