Jackie morris

Jackie Morris

“Fox. Butterfly. Brief lives. Wild.”

Fox and hare

“Dream while the nights are long. May the old woman of the night watch over you. May the horse give you strength. May the wolf guard your dreams. May the swan be your pillow. May the red fox guide you. May you wake to a new day, bright with hope.”

British artist, Jackie Morris (born in 1961) for her magical retelling of East of the Sun, West of the Moon (published in 2013), the classic Norwegian fairy tale which is a beautiful, mysterious story of love, loyalty, and, above all, freedom. 'From the moment she saw him, she knew the bear had come for her. How many times had she dreamt of the bear ... Now, here he was, as if spelled from her dreams. “I will come with you, Bear,” she said.'

“We are human only in contact, and conviviality, with what is not human.”

JACKIE MORRIS

When people asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up I would say 'an artist'. Inside my head I would answer, 'a bear'. For many bears are magical beings.

The balance of life as an artist and writer living and working in Wales: or, how to ignore housework.