Victoria Dickenson
Author of Rabbit
Works by Victoria Dickenson
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- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- Canada
- Places of residence
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Montréal, Québec, Canada
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada - Education
- University of Toronto
Carleton University - Organizations
- McCord Museum of Canadian History, Montréal, Québec, Canada
Canadian Museum for Human Rights,Winnipeg, Manitoba
National Aviation Museum of Canada
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- Works
- 5
- Members
- 59
- Popularity
- #280,813
- Rating
- 4.1
- Reviews
- 2
- ISBNs
- 11
Not a hare, but a rabbit. The animal we commonly view as wholly domesticated an esteem alongside cats and dogs. Consider its wide brown eyes, and the way that when chased it turns to finally face the predator. Consider the stare. Is there something there in it? Is there a consideration more human, or perhaps a consideration that simply makes us more rabbit? Like the hedgehog, the rabbit is a piece of the wilderness that we have accepted into our homes and our hearts, something that we can sit, nose to nose with, and try our very best to comprehend. The rabbit is a connection to wildness, to wilderness, and to our shared past.
Consider the rabbit.
I, myself, grew up alongside a rabbit. Nose to nose, I'd stare into his eyes and try to comprehend him. We were close-friends, and it was to him that I told my secrets, that I talked to endlessly. He'd hop on my back and flop there. He'd follow me, and I'd chase him. He'd rest on my lap while I pet him and hugged him. The rabbit is a paradox to us - both innocent and bawdy, clever and naive, cruel and caring. B'rer Rabbit and Bugs Bunny, Roger Rabbit and Benjamin Bunny, Peter Rabbit and the Easter Bunny. The rabbit has suffused just about every aspect of our lives and yet we rarely think about him.
I think it's time we give him a second look, and look very hard. There's more in those eyes than one might think, and so much we could learn from it.… (more)