Aerodynamics Is for People Who Can't Build Engines (Enzo Ferrari)

It is spring in the desert and the ground in now covered in flowers and short grass. From a distance it looks like a carpet, but walking in that grass will soon be dangerous given the venomous snakes that will come out of hibernation, hungry.

The grass also makes one of my hobbies more challenging – that of collecting petrified wood that I can use for creative outlooks into the seemingly ordinary.

But, I can still detect some of these pieces of wood as I have become familiar with the environment where bushes dry and their roots surface.

… Here is what I saw a few feet away. Immediately I saw a sprinting small but svelte animal.  And later, in a different patch of grass, I found the stand upon which I would display my racing champion.

Now I needed to give this aerodynamic animal an identity and given the size of the wood, a hare seemed most appropriate. 

Plus, I always seem to have the hide, the taxidermied head or tail of a hare in my studio…

I got the ultimate approval about the authenticity of my sprinting hare when my dog approached it the way he would to any dog. Ok, so at least for a second he thought it was a live animal!

This hare has large and generously extended ears. It also has a look that is anthropomorphic and perhaps even cute.

So, I will keep the tale and body of my hare unchanged. But I may try other looks and ear positions in the future…

April 1, 2019

© Vahé A. Kazandjian, 2019