Words and Artwork by katherine sandoz
The story exists throughout time in numerous cultures to include the Aztec, Buddhist, Chinese, Cree, Japanese, Korean and Mexican. In all tales, a rabbit’s image appears on the full moon and while we celebrate mid-autumn festival, the moon and the harvest, we are reminded of the selfless virtue of the jade or moon rabbit.
ONCE UPON A TIME, on the day of the full moon just like the one today, an old and haggard man begs for food.
A monkey gathers fruit from a tree.
An otter empties a pond of fish.
A jackal steals a pot of milk curd and the life of a lizard.
Because the rabbit knows only of foraging the forest, he throws himself on the old man’s fire hoping to offer his own flesh.
The man reveals himself as (insert-name-of-powerful-cultural-wonder here) and draws the rabbit’s image on the moon for all to gaze and to wonder.
(all images 11″ x 11″, cut paper, instagram, 2013)
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