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the gods of frolic

on December 15, 2012

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The dog is the god of frolic.

- Henry Ward Beecher

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detail with dog

… I absolutely believe,    when my yard dog barks at night,    and I can hear the dog at the next farm also bark,    that the next dog's bark is answered by one farther up the line,    and so on until    the bark travels all around the world.
That is why, after relaxing into the quiet of the night,    my rest is again disturbed by my dog barking.    The bark has come all the way around,    as has the night.
- Raymond & Lorna Coppinger    Dogs: A Startling New Understanding of Canine Origin, Behavior & Evolution

Paintings (from top):
Dawn After the Wreck c. 1841 (detail with dog)    Dawn After the Wreck (full size)    Mortlake Terrace c. 1827 (detail with dogs)    Mortlake Terrace (full size)
- JMW Turner, 1775 - 1851

the blue dog

'October / loss of one of the senses / weltschmerz / unnatural voices / disorders of the knee / diseases of the tongue / disturbances / miscarriage of a child / an accident in a garage / dementia / fraud / a quarrel / wispiness'
- from Edward Gorey's tongue-in-cheek tarot set, The Fantod Deck

the story of a dog

He had sensitive ears and sharp eyes. A queer character, odd, concealed, independent,    keeping invincibly quiet, and doing many puzzling things...
- 'Stickeen: The Story of a Dog' John Muir

Dog Paintings (top to bottom):    'Doggy' by Iet Langeveld 'Vigilant Indifference' by Eugene Wolfberg 'Disclosure V' by Jari Ronkko
The full story of Stickeen here.

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