in my rush to spill all those words out of my brain, i mis-attributed the below quote:

It matters what stories we tell to tell other stories with; it matters what concepts we think to think other concepts with. It matters wherehow ouroboros swallows its tale again.

i thought it was part of the Le Guin essay, but it's actually part of Donna Haraway's excellent introduction to the excellent essay. i realized this morning when i went to reread it, to let it soak in a bit more. apologies! the silver lining of this is now i have looked up Haraway, whose name i didn't know, and apparently she is famously the author of A Cyborg Manifesto that is grounded in feminist theory and scholarship, which i now must absolutely read! one thing continues to lead to another, and i'm enjoying making my way down this bread-crumb trail. who knows where it will lead next?