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The Bestiary Series
(1999-present)
Like the medieval Bestiary books of fantastic
creatures, real-life animals have symbolic associations for us which may
prevent our truly knowing them. The creatures are essentially strangers
to us – despite the vast array of objective information to which
we have access in our technologically-driven culture. These animals -
and their names - evoke various human responses – repulsion, indifference,
scorn, curiosity, enchantment, superiority, annoyance, etc. We
ascribe their supposed characteristics to humans as we simultaneously
anthropomorphize them in our narcisssitic vision of alliance in the natural
order.
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