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What Animals Think 2022 calendar

29/10/2021

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I live in a wildlife blind. From my rocking chair I look through three tall windows into a back yard that is teeming with life. A hawk snatched a sparrow four feet from my eyes. Birds feed their young. Raccoons scavenge with babies. There are sheep, deer, chickens, newts, lizards, snakes, frogs, ravens, dragonflies… These windows are like a big screen TV tuned to the nature channel. There is always movement; it is ever changing.

All but one of these photographs was shot within 50 feet of my back door. Nine were taken through the windows in front of my chair. I didn’t go out to find the pictures, they came to me. My job was to watch. With the camera handy and clean windows, I waited. Animals came and posed. Backgrounds changed with the seasons and light. The variety of landscapes and textures and creatures, all within a stone’s throw of my back door, is magical.
  Living closely with nature gives me insights into what animals are likely thinking and saying. Focusing on a subject with my camera triggers a flash of understanding, like an epiphany. For those few seconds of concentration I am able to read its thoughts and speech. When the shutter snaps, the spell is broken.
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Of course, something may be lost in the translation.

To order this calendar email me: raineyroost66@gmail.com  $20 each.
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    Jay Rainey is an artist living  on an island in British Columbia, Canada. ​

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  • Calendars
    • What Animals Think 2022
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    • Felted Funnies 2019
    • Behind Closed Gates - 2014
    • Little Worlds 2011
    • Lasqueti Men Working 2010
    • Lasqueti Women Working 2009
  • Photo Essays
    • From Where I Sit
    • Death on an Island
    • the woolly bear project
    • Cardboard Obama
  • Images
    • Portraits >
      • Self
      • Others
    • Hawk
    • Mice
    • Poultry
    • Saint Bernards
    • Defies Category
    • For Friends
  • Writing
    • Jay's Helpful Hints from the Edge
    • Boxing Day - 1951
  • Blog
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