The "plot" revolves around the experiences of this woman who can be seen in the context of this piece as representing the earth and some of her struggles with domination and abuse. The woman passes through many phases: looking, questioning, merging, rising, attacking, and falling. The shaman reappears at critical moments, representing the higher or awakened self. A buck, a symbol of animal man, is washed into the cliffs by gigantic waves. This, as with many other scenes, represents projections of the woman's psyche. The massive waves continue and then recede into a calmer sea. The woman is seen in a gesture of prayer over waves, clouds, and one bird flying. Ferns, leaves, earth. and water.

A buck leads us into a dream sequence of darkness and remembering. The deathlike matriarch, a demon, contraction and fear, moving lights, a scream, water and rocks, a child's face. Images of sexuality and the body. A figure crawling through the grass. A buck and a male elk. A forest dissolving into light.

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