Saturday, July 30, 2011

The Hare's Unusual Attraction to Airfields

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Note George Ewart Evans and David Thomson in The Leaping Hare . . . O ne unusual feature of the hare’s behavior has caused a great deal of...
Monday, July 25, 2011

Bel Homme V

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Image: Subject and photographer unknown.
Friday, July 22, 2011

The Anarchist Hare

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Writes Simon Carnell . . . N aturalists such as Ernst Haeckel were quick to explore the reactionary political implications of [Charles] Dar...
Saturday, July 2, 2011

Tan Lines XXXII

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Image: Subject and photographer unknown.
Wednesday, June 29, 2011

The Rabbit That's Actually a Hare

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Notes National Geographic : Jackrabbits are actually hares, not rabbits. Hares are larger than rabbits, and they typically have taller hind ...
Sunday, June 26, 2011

Morning Light XXXIX

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Image: Subject and photographer unknown.
Wednesday, June 22, 2011

An Extraordinary and Ancient Archetype

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Notes artist Hester Cox: The hare is an extraordinary and ancient archetype which is important to many different cultures and inspires coun...
Monday, June 20, 2011

A Solstice Approaches . . .

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. . . Unnoticed By James Carroll The Boston Globe June 20, 2011 O nce, humans were intimate with the cycles of nature, and never more than o...
Thursday, June 2, 2011

Bel Homme IV

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Image: Subject and photographer unknown.
Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Maximum Significance

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Due to its historical multivalence, the archive of associations which it has generated, the hare is rip to be . . . squeezed for maximum, ev...
Saturday, May 28, 2011

Bel Homme III

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Image: Subject and photographer unknown.
Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Much in Common

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The hare and the fox have much in common. They are both active by night, both symbols of the irrational, the intuitive, of cunning and the f...