Jbel Ouarkziz , Morocco with Fennec Fox
by Diane Chinn
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Title
Jbel Ouarkziz , Morocco with Fennec Fox
Artist
Diane Chinn
Medium
Painting - Watercolor On 140 Lb. Cold Press Paper
Description
The #Landsat 8 satellite took an awesome photo of the tectonic plates in northwestern Morocco. That image inspired this painting. I threw in the fennec fox just for giggles and because it is indigenous to North Africa including Morocco.
The tectonic plates are represented by the diagonal lines. The long green line in the painting is the Jbel Ouarkziz fault, which rises 200 – 300 meters (656 – 984 feet) above the desert floor. The ridge is west of Morocco’s largest city Casablanca, where in the 1942 movie Humphrey Bogart said, “Play it again, Sam.”
A quick review of geology. A tectonic plate is created when there is a fracture in the “volume of rock across which there has been significant displacement because of rock-mass movements.” (Wikipedia). Shifts in tectonic plates cause earthquakes.
The Fennec fox’s most distinguishing feature is its very large ears, Its ears are so sensitive that the fox can hear prey moving underground. The ears also help it release heat from its body to keep it cool. I can’t help wondering if the makeup artists on the original “Star Wars” movie used the fennec fox as inspiration for the Yoda character “Do or do not. There is no try.”
Speaking of foxes, riddle me this…
Q. Where did the fox go to buy a new tail?
A. To the re-tail store.
Consider This…
“Magic is believing in yourself. If you can do that, you can make anything happen.” ~ Johann Wolfgang Van Goethe
Be Kind…
“A single act of kindness throws out roots in all directions and the roots spring up and make new trees” ~Amelia Earhart
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November 9th, 2021
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