Thoughts and Screenshots

Fine! Fine.  This is what has been taking up my time.  This and another thirty-day challenge at Bikram Yoga Bend. 

I am compiling a book, of words/phrases/thoughts/short stories  and collage, as a way to transition from the work I have done to the work I will do.  If that makes sense.  I've had conversations with my Good Friend Jonathan about the fact that most days I feel more like an illustrator than an artist, which is a somewhat silly distinction to make, I suppose.  In doing this project, this picture book, I will explore a bit more the relationship between words and images, and maybe make a little more sense of what I do.  We shall see.  I like to give myself puzzles, and I like to keep myself distracted, and I like play with thoughts, and I like give my sister Editing Tasks (she's quite the Tim Gunn).  And, furthermore,why can't all these paths cross?

aren't we all shapeshifters

A subtle houndstooth pattern behind, and delicate feathers underfoot, this fox is a meditation on, yet again, seeing things from both sides.  This was the first piece that I began for the Lone Pine Show, and I started it in early summer, in a time that was a bit of a kaleidoscope for me personally.  The fox had been in my sketches for a while, and when I finally started to dig deep into it's mythology, it just proved to be another little lesson.   Foxes symbolically carry a strong sense of intuition, of maneuvering in tricky situations, or being a bit of a trickster themselves.  They are adept at walking in between shadows, in order to observe what is really going on.   Trying to figure out the foxes relationship to it's environment (as well as the fact that there is a pile of feathers underfoot, now how did that happen?) was a great metaphor for taking a look at the featherbed I'd made for myself, and the mischief I sometimes distract myself with.  I mean, have you seen Wes Anderson's version of The Fantastic Mr. Fox?  Talk about distracting yourself with trouble...

It could also be said that on some levels, this is simply a portrait of Kelty.

She's pretty foxy.