Let the soft animal of your body, love what it loves
30 5/8" x 24 3/8" Watercolor, Ink, Gouache, Acrylic and Graphite - November 3, 2022 to November 28, 2022
My cat has little rainbows in the individual hairs on his body when he sleeps in the sun. Mostly in the white ones on his chin. I imagine that an arctic fox (all white) would burst with tiny rainbows if you saw him in the sunshine like that. I let myself follow the path of representing that idea fully - of enjoying that image so much that it turned into a whole piece. It just came out of things that I love. No need to repent and feel guilty for loving what I love.
The fox gazes into the Albino king cobra hood - mirror surface - or light. They look at each other.
Aurora Borealis
Wild Geese by Mary Oliver:
“You do not have to be good.
You do not have to walk on your knees
for a hundred miles through the desert repenting.
You only have to let the soft animal of your body
love what it loves.”