365Caws is now in its 14th year of publication, and was originally intended to end after 365 days. It has sometimes been difficult for me to find new material, particularly during the winter months, but now as I enter my own twilight years, I cannot guarantee that I will be able to provide daily posts. It is my hope that along the way I may have inspired someone to a greater curiosity about the natural world. If so, I can rest, content in the knowledge that my work here has been done.
Monday, October 20, 2014
Bear Went Over The Mountain
Day 7: As often as I have tried to photograph this carving of Bear, the Healer, I have never felt the results did him justice until now. He came to me from one of my heart's sisters, carved by her from hop hornbeam (a singularly hard wood) at a time when my spirit was in dire need of his energies. He worked his magic well, and therefore photographing him became a challenge. I wanted a representation which carried a sense of warmth and well-being, and of ancient power, and my captures were notoriously flat and uninspired. Today it occurred to me to place Bear in a tableau of craggy mountains where he could have a broad view of the world and those who struggle down below. Warmed in the light of sunrise, he rouses from his sleep and goes a-prowling, alert for those who need his healing energy.
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Alison,
Bear,
carving,
gradient,
hop hornbeam,
lightroom,
petrified wood
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