The Ass and his Shadow

The Ass and his Shadow
One hot summer’s day, a traveler hired an ass to carry him from Athens to Megara. At noon the sun’s heat was so scorching that he dismounted and wanted to relax under the ass’s shadow. But the driver of the ass claimed that he had equal rights to the spot and wanted to sit there, too. “What!” cried the traveler. “Didn’t I hire the ass for the entire journey?” “Yes,” answered the driver, “you hired the ass but not the ass’s shadow.” While they were arguing and fighting for the place, the ass took to his heels and ran away.

~ In quarreling about the shadow of things, we often lose the substance.

Paper: A2 (420 × 594 mm) Fabriano Accademia 120 gsm
Image size: 230 × 350 mm

Hand-pulled linocut, hand-burnished, no press.
Printed with Caligo oil-based ink.
Original print, not a reproduction.
Slight variation in ink and finish is part of the process, not a flaw.
Edition of 30, numbered and signed.
Unframed, shipped in a protective tube.