JUMP

a hare jumping over a bell. What could that mean? I asked
myself. The hare, that wild animal, it sleeps by day and
gambol by night
under the moon which is a symbol and a mean for cycles. Thus I
think of reproduction, fertility, life

as for the bell, well, it makes a sound. It is a signal, a call. Maybe Praise
be to God! or Hear the sound of the Buddhist law! The bell is an artifact, the
product of the human mind such as all and any of our explanations for life
and the stuff it is made of. Atoms and the rest, stars

so what does a hare mean when it playfully jumps over a bell? That
could be: there needs to be an Explanation in order for Me to take a leap
over It. Life smiles at the explanations for life. The Universe smiles at
its own explanation, that which it provided for itself through the
efforts of the human brain, the human mind

in Christ, the Algonquians saw a personification of Menebuch, the
Great Rabbit who gave us the world. So here is another interpretation: a god, a
savior, a prophet
jumping over their own creation, their own church, their own teachings

movement over dogma, death, immobility

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[Sculpture: Hare on bell by Barry Flanagan (bronze, black and brown patina, 1983) | picture by reading_is_dangerous (March 16th, 2007)]