'The City'

I'm going into the city next week - something I don't do to often these days...

City - by Shell

this is a skyline of wonderful barcelona, seen from the rooftop of a huge and beautiful central cathedral. i created this line over a coffee with mands in one of the little alleys of the city. i felt so lucky to have the opportunity to explore such an old and diverse city. i found myself constantly inspired by the pervasive art and creativity there and the constant juxtaposition of new and old. i think this has come across in this simple line drawing, with the new antennas poking up out of the other ancient rooflines.

City - by Mandie

City of foxes - by Deb

I have, for quite a time now, held a fascination with foxes. My mind wanders back to the marvellous world of Roald Dahl's Fantastic Mr. Fox, the first to plant in me seeds of curiousity about these cunning and mysterious orange-furred bushy-tailed creatures of the night. Then along came the doco' of the somewhat insane and bizzare 'Grizzly Man', Timmothy Treadwell. Silver and Rocket, two foxes he grew an affectionate attachment to in his own excentric way, equally stole my heart. Unluckily, Timmothy not long after met his demise by the jaws of the very bears he loved (attacked, mauled and eaten by a massive male mountain Grizzly, along with his then gf - all scarily recorded on film). And how could i go without mentioning the magical and wonderfully enticing world of Miyazaki.. In his anime, foxes take on forms of the curious entities of the spirit world, intelligent, sometimes crude and business like, sometimes elegant and proud. Finally, a dash of reality to cap it all off... As i roam about the lands doing my research (as an environmental scientist does), i often cross paths with the foxes of the countryside. Where are they going, what do they do, what adventure are they journeying on? ..and so the little sparks of my curiousity burn ever brighter.

So this week, my city is dedicated to the foxes. A city of foxes.