Essentialist and Also Highly Empathic Flat on its Belly Inuit Stone Carved Polar Bear mid-century ceramic planter And quite a metaphor for

And quite a metaphor for the moment I'd say

Great looking on the desk or side table or wherever

but is much better than photos convey

Viewed from a distance

22 pages filled front and back (so 44 filled page faces

Essentialist and Also Highly Empathic Flat on its Belly Inuit Stone Carved Polar Bear mid-century ceramic planter And quite a metaphor forLove. This Inuit carved stone polar bear, lying flat on its belly, goes beyond representing the animal to, I think, represent a whole state of being! (Which also feels like the essence of hibernation, which I myself am especially disposed toward right now:)) I love too that its two front legs and head extending forward evince a hand laid flat, and also make me think of the incoming tide, creeping toward shore. Wonderfully matter of fact, and also