Fox Muse

Making sense of the more-than-human world

And 'making sense' must be here understood in its most direct meaning: to make sense is to enliven the senses. To make sense is to release the body from the constraints imposed by outworn ways of speaking, and hence to renew and rejuvenate one's felt awareness of the world. It is to make the senses wake up to where they are.

The marvelous art today is by British painter David Hollington. He studied at Harrow School of Art and at Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design in London, and is now represented by The Rowley Gallery.

"Animals and birds are messengers, healers and protagonists within the narrative structure of my paintings," he says. ""I feel closely connected to forms of Shamanism where a channel is opened between the human world and the world of animals. I can't control this process when I am drawing, objects that are undetermined, shift and change shape until I begin to understand what the message is that I am receiving. At this point a key animal will appear and take the lead [...] In Sentinel and Precious Cargo the fox is a protector, ancient and wise and a symbol of our fragile ecosystem, reaching out to the human world for reconciliation." 

- Follow this link to read his wonderful meditation on the fox in folklore, literature, and art: http://blog.rowleygallery.co.uk/fox-muse/

- Source: http://www.terriwindling.com/blog/2017/10/sense.html

- Paintings: Medea and Sentinel by David Hollington
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