The bones and the stone all came from the woods at my parents' house in Greensboro. Those woods are a kind of sanctuary for me, and they provide a sense of serenity and solitude that I don't get here in Boone where the city has taken over. The physical relic in this piece is the fox skull, adorned with a headpiece of copper wire to give it an air of ceremony and spirituality. The carved arch provides a gateway into the spiritual realm of the forest, with the fox as gatekeeper and the bones of the deer barring the noise and hurry of the city from the sanctuary.
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