For many hundreds of years Japanese myth and folklore have told stories about the Kitsune, the Japanese fox and its magical powers. A being best treated in a nice way unless one would want to suffer the consequences of its more mischievous and cunning side. In this painting the artist Senju plays with the fox's ability to shift shape. The question is wether the fox really changes? Or is it all in our minds? Today's western modern human being has lost her touch with the nature surrounding us, regarding it even as sometimes hostile. Unable to connect with the forest in a deep and natural way, our minds has perhaps begun playing tricks on us...
