Music and Magic from the Heart of Our Nature
My daughter created this image for our enjoyment …
Just a quick update. Our family is in the process of moving (back) to the Pacific Northwest. In fact, to the place that is the inspiration for the book’s location. It’s been quite a time of transition for me, but I anticipate resuming creation of Because Of The Red Fox ~ with comic art ~ in the weeks following our move. Please check back in March!
Hey, I’ve been quiet for awhile … here anyway! (my daughters would not agree that I’ve been meek and mild!). Sometimes you just have to listen to what’s totally fun for you. And what’s totally fun for me right now is creating artwork and mixing it up with a good story (and a bit of music too)! So, fear not, I’ll be posting again — and sharing my good fun with you that is Because Of The Red Fox, and other Fox Tales!
Jane here! The characters in Because Of The Red Fox have a life of their own (as you may guess from Shell, Santa, and Annie’s posts)! Today I’m going to share with you a drawing I created of a few characters: The Green Knight, The Hunter (who may or may not appear in this book, though I did mention him in an early chapter), and a Hound.
I’m also connecting you with a story about some of the characters that my daughter and I created for a Summer Solstice blogfest last year. Just so you know, Yeasta is a character from my daughters’ games. Lady Magic is my favorite doll from when I was a little girl. Back then I called her “Baby Magic”, but a few years ago I made new clothes for her out of deerskin and fancied her up with some of my fun jewelry. I guess you might say that Baby Magic grew up to become Lady Magic, Queen of the Forest!
All the stuff about losing one’s head is from a very long poem from medieval England called Sir Gawain And The Green Knight. In that poem, the Green Knight shows up in King Arthur’s hall on Christmas Eve and challenges the heroes to a beheading game: one knight gets to try to chop off the Green Knight’s head. If he succeeds, then in a year, that knight has to go to the Green Knight’s chapel in a distant wilderness, and there the Green Knight gets deliver his beheading blow. Some game!
Here’s the link to the tale of Lady Magic And The Green Knight.
It’s a little odd, but I hope you enjoy it!
