Fox – First Painting of 2009

Fox painting, Jan 1st 2009, digital media

Wolf Sutra

There are tricksters and there is hunger, and where the tale ends and the brutal truth begins there was Fox, serviette tucked in, belt sinched tight in Mobius strips, russet shadow at rabbits steps. Ah Rabbit weary of time, long eared embers flicker from these faded phonographs of memory, hop hesitant onto the path – [...]

Aesop’s “Bear and Fox” fable

A BEAR boasted very much of his philanthropy, saying that of all animals he was the most tender in his regard for man, for he had such respect for him that he would not even touch his dead body. A Fox hearing these words said with a smile to the Bear, “Oh! that you [...]

Fading Forest Fables – Chapter 1 – Horses

Fading Forest Fables
Short stories for other people’s children.
Chapter 1 – Horses
Fox found it, but Bear loved it best. Crooked and half submerged in a lagoon, where saltwater ate ancient trees and rusted iron girders. Fox named them “merry-go-round-horses” and said long ago they danced, and that children would ride in circles upon them.
Bear liked children. [...]