Essentialist and Also Highly Empathic Flat on its Belly Inuit Stone Carved Polar Bear mid-century ceramic planter Titled at bottom left and

Titled at bottom left and signed and dated bottom right

but is much better than photos convey

22 pages filled front and back (so 44 filled page faces

And I think this is a lovely example

Viewed from a distance

Essentialist and Also Highly Empathic Flat on its Belly Inuit Stone Carved Polar Bear mid-century ceramic planter Titled at bottom left andLove. 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