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"Black Bear Bliss"

The Story of "Black Bear Bliss"


​I'm not really sure how this project jumped into my mind. I had been thinking about a small piece on another topic, but suddenly this one seemed to germinate overnight. Perhaps I had been watching too many BBC David Attenborough nature specials. It's possible, but I can't  say when the image of a bear scratching itself on a tree came to mind. Once I went to the internet to look for inspirational images, things fell into focus quickly. There are some great videos of bears enjoying themselves scratching on tree trunks, most very playful looking! I have scratched my back on a door frame but I have never looked as satisfied as many of them did.

I figured I needed a little more so I added a resident squirrel into the mix. He sits atop his home rattling in sequence to the bear's movements nervously wondering if there will ever be an end to this chaos. If the trunk falls over his entire inventory of nuts stored for the winter will be pillaged by others. Meanwhile, a withered old branch still attached to the trunk, tenuously wiggles in synchronicity with the bear's movement. 

I can't help but love the bear, he looks so blissful, temporarily ignoring the world about him. Wouldn't we all want to feel that way so intensely more often. Oh, to be a Black Bear in Bliss!
Picture

 Automata "Black Bear Bliss" Video



  "Black Bear Bliss"  Slide Show

Here is a collection of photos taken along the journey of making this little piece.
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  • Automata Blog
  • Home
  • Tubing The River Styx
  • DJ's Bee Bop Palooza
    • Roles of Bees in a Hive
    • The Bee Bop Characters
  • Automata Gallery
    • Swimming With The Dolphins
    • A Boat, A Boy, And A Dog
    • The Invisible Audiophile
    • Black Bear Bliss
    • Parking Lot Wars
    • The Chase
    • Baa Baa Bad Sheep! >
      • Baa Baa Bad Sheep Photo Gallery
    • The Penguins' Revenge
    • Cirque de Poulet
    • I'm Thinking & Laura
    • The Bipolar Brain
    • Tempest in a Teacup
    • Inner Demon
    • Sewer Rat Symphony >
      • Musican Profiles
    • The Captive
    • Bored Out of My Skin
    • Waiting at the Clinic
    • The Diagnosis
    • Snowbirds
    • The Not So Early Bird - The Common Sleptin
    • 1 HP Heart Pump
    • The Trojan Cat
    • 7-1/2 Horsepower
    • Howdy!
    • The Bus Stop
    • Rhinoceros Racing
    • It's an Uphill Battle
    • When an MRI Goes Badly
    • A Moment of Silence
    • Who Slew the Chicken?
    • The Dentist's Office
    • Owl Hijinx
    • Horse of a Different Colour >
      • Horse of a Different Colour Features & Specs
      • Horse of a Different Colour Photo Gallery
    • March of the Penguins
    • The Extraction >
      • The Extraction Media Gallery
    • Poultry in Motion
    • School's Out!
    • Pond Life >
      • Pond Life Photo Gallery
    • Rat Co. >
      • Rat Co. Employee Profiles
      • Rat Co. Photo Gallery
    • Happy Birthday Daddy! >
      • Happy Features & Specs
      • Happy Birthday Photo Gallery
    • The Raving Fans
    • The Waiting Room >
      • Waiting Room Photo Gallery
    • Cottage Cabernet
    • Neighbourhood Watch
    • Check Please!
    • Fishing >
      • Fishing Photo Gallery
      • The Mechanism
      • Brutus the Catfish
      • Crawford the Crayfish
      • Bigmouth the Largemouth Bass
      • Buddy the Chocolate Lab
      • Gertrude and Heathcliff
    • Ian's African Lion Safari
    • Call Before You Dig >
      • Features & Specs
    • Crossing The Mara >
      • Features & Specs
    • Migrating Caribou >
      • Features & Specs
    • Rocket Pack Raccoon
    • Urban Terrorists >
      • Exploring the Urban Terrorists
      • Features & Specs
    • Top Gun
    • Miss Communication
    • Hula Hoop Girl
    • Java Jane
    • The Cranky Caterpillar
    • A Case in Point...
    • The Leafs Score!
    • Enough With The Fish!
  • Learning Centre
  • Automata Store
  • Workshop Tour!
    • Sanding
    • Drilling
    • Cutting
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    • Carving Tools
    • Hand Tools
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    • The Why and How Of It!
  • Who Am I?
    • Making Automata
  • Contact Me
  • In The News
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    • Murray's Mill
    • Rivers, Creeks & Ponds
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    • Layout
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    • Misc Projects
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    • Designing the Float
    • A Penguin Prototype
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    • The Float Penguins
    • The Float Video
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