Let the soft animal of your body, love what it loves

 

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.”