Life as a pig, in two parts
Dolly Parton and Richard da Costa give us two small adventures illustrative of life as a human imagining life as a pig. Pilgrims or hedonists, you decide…
Representation
Discussions on the symbolic and literal use of pigs in areas such as fashion, ornamentation and utilitarian objects, as well as design, art, advertising and fashion.
Bacon Janes
Artist Jesse Draper has envisioned an entire collection of woman’s shoe designs – like Bacon Janes to the left – that incorporate not just animal leather, but animal shapes.
Financial Woes? There’s a pig for that!
The trusted financial tool of generations of children the world over, piggy banks are being re-considered by millions as a savings tool. Trust your pig!
Wonderella
I’ll be leaving Porkopolis for a few days this week to work, do research and visit family in NYC. Luckily for me, there is a superhero there – Wonderella – whose eye is on the pig, so I know she’s watching out for me, too.
Winter Pig
I thought of the engulfing silence always created by cold and falling snow as I looked out the front window of our house, imagining as “Winter Pig”, in a watercolor by James Wyeth, as she pondered that same engulfing silence of snow from the front door of he sty.