‘Motherhare’ is an original drawing by Dr Martin Shaw celebrating May day and the arrival of summer.
In this series of works you will meet the myths, people and animals that have long kept pace with him as he has traversed Dartmoor. Created on his return to the moor after the publication tour for Liturgies of the Wild, each work reflects a renewed closeness to that landscape, it's myths and mysterious characters discovered via a Dartmoor Palsh.
Martin explains, “Palsh is an old Devon expression for taking a long, dreamlike wander. A kind of visionary stroll. I travel a great deal to teach, and when I return I sink back into a kind of ongoing Palsh. Since a kid I've loved the inebriation of both Dartmoor folktale and landscape, and for over fifty years I've dwelt in both. These drawings gradually float up from this kind of awareness. I'm not entirely sure who these characters always are, but I welcome them in.”
Dr Martin Shaw is a writer, mythographer and Christian thinker, and the author of seventeen books. He is a visiting member of Cambridge University’s Faculty of Divinity and a fellow of the Temenos Academy. He founded the Oral Tradition and Mythic Life courses at Stanford University and directs the Westcountry School of Myth in the UK. For over thirty years, he has worked as a wilderness rites-of-passage guide.
Delivery prices are for the UK, please contact us for the rest of the world or postage of multiple items, we are very happy to help! info@fieldsystem.co.uk
Wooden frame measures 260 mm x 350 mm.
‘Motherhare’ is an original drawing by Dr Martin Shaw celebrating May day and the arrival of summer.
In this series of works you will meet the myths, people and animals that have long kept pace with him as he has traversed Dartmoor. Created on his return to the moor after the publication tour for Liturgies of the Wild, each work reflects a renewed closeness to that landscape, it's myths and mysterious characters discovered via a Dartmoor Palsh.
Martin explains, “Palsh is an old Devon expression for taking a long, dreamlike wander. A kind of visionary stroll. I travel a great deal to teach, and when I return I sink back into a kind of ongoing Palsh. Since a kid I've loved the inebriation of both Dartmoor folktale and landscape, and for over fifty years I've dwelt in both. These drawings gradually float up from this kind of awareness. I'm not entirely sure who these characters always are, but I welcome them in.”
Dr Martin Shaw is a writer, mythographer and Christian thinker, and the author of seventeen books. He is a visiting member of Cambridge University’s Faculty of Divinity and a fellow of the Temenos Academy. He founded the Oral Tradition and Mythic Life courses at Stanford University and directs the Westcountry School of Myth in the UK. For over thirty years, he has worked as a wilderness rites-of-passage guide.
Delivery prices are for the UK, please contact us for the rest of the world or postage of multiple items, we are very happy to help! info@fieldsystem.co.uk
Wooden frame measures 260 mm x 350 mm.
