"Be Curious"

Be Curious

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2022 · Coloured pencil on drafting film · 47 × 39 cm (framed)

​Reference: Rottonara

 

This fox was created as part of the longer, quieter process of grief. 

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I had lost both of my parents within days of each other at Christmas 2020, and their absence reshaped the way I moved through the world.

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In the months that followed, I found comfort in the most magical book, The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse.

 

One page in particular stayed with me — a fox beneath the moon, accompanied by two simple words: 

 

Be Curious.

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My Dad carried that quality effortlessly. What I once teased as nosiness, I later understood as a gift - an openness to people, ideas and the world around him.

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This fox became a tribute to that quiet curiosity. 

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Beneath the moonlight, he holds both tenderness and strength - a reflection of love, remembrance, and the enduring influence of those who shape the way we see the world.