Still doing my collages, just not daily for the past two weeks as general life has been busy and I have been focusing on larger paintings when I am in the studio. The rabbit in this collage is a drawing I did a while ago for a mixed media piece that is currently at Lark & Key. I had scanned the original rabbit drawing before I had added it the piece. I am not sure why, or at least I don’t remember why now, but I had printed really small versions of the drawing and kept them in my collage materials drawer. So this rabbit has been appearing a lot in my collages this summer. I was thinking about why am I possibly being drawn to this rabbit figure and it occurred to me that in this time of distress, I am kind of feeling like a rabbit. You know when they are being very still, every whisker and ear and sensory organ on high alert, scanning the environment, ready to just run or hop away to safety.
That feeling. Of vulnerability. And unease.
That sinking feeling everytime I open up the apps to read the news.
Good grief.
But I love this little rabbit. And how she’s appearing in my collages. She’s wise and ready.