My Spirit Animal Knows Particle Physics

Exhibition: Shown at Cider Gallery, Lawrence Kansas, as part of the show “30 Years of Teaching & Making (12x12" Group Exhibition)”, October 2023

I’ve always loved the Native American concept of Spirit Animals - a mystical guide for your life that takes the form of a particular animal, and who often provides wisdom related to the personality or characteristics of that animal.

It struck me that, along with being clever or strong or intelligent, as dictated by their species, it might be that these spirit animal guides have their own individual interests skills and hobbies. What if those varying expertise also factored into their advice?

This illustration was created to explore that idea. The start of a possible series in which each of the titles would start with “My Spirit Animal…” and then finish with some sort of interesting phrase.