It is said that a picture is worth a thousand words. What is often overlooked is the desperate necessity of those pictures, when words are not quite enough, yet we strive to explain, to understand, to be understood.
Sometimes words fail us, or at least they fail me more often than I’d like.
Language is ever changing, evolving, and sometimes insufficient. In contrast, the inner wordless world is eternal, enduring, persistent. How to explain what is inside? what we fear, what we long for, when words fail us. In those moments, there is art. Those pictures save us, they offer us understanding and connection. You are not alone. I am not alone.
Opening scene picturing a red fox in a winter forest. Fox’s Garden by Princesse Camcam, Photo credit: loam
Fox’s Garden is a beautiful short story about those shared experiences inside of us all. Fear, uncertainty, belonging, compassion, gratitude, love.
A quote from a favorite book of mine, “The Hogfather” by Terry Pratchett, states “All things strive”. I think about this a lot. All things yearn, too, I think.