Essentialist and Also Highly Empathic Flat on its Belly Inuit Stone Carved Polar Bear antique fading photo frame as one can see from

as one can see from the back

particularly along one side near the top edge

sound and stable now

a simple ball in cage

the aged surface of the rubber now feels to me exactly aligned with the character of mushrooms (especially ones from Revere

Essentialist and Also Highly Empathic Flat on its Belly Inuit Stone Carved Polar Bear antique fading photo frame as one can see fromLove. 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