The merging of Little Red Riding Hood, St. Francis and the Wolf of Gubbio, the Cajun Rougarou, and one’s inner journey toward wholeness.
“Grandma is sick, take her this basket of cakes.
Be very careful! and don’t listen to the wolf.”
“Don’t worry”, he said.
And started his long trip through the woods.
... Soon a very big voice said: “Hello, little boy.
Why are you walking in the dark all alone?”
“Brother wolf, thou hast done much evil.
If thou no more hide: thou shalt no longer suffer.”
In agreement, the wolf placed one of his forepaws on the boy’s hand, and a friendship was formed.
“It’s safe to go home now. Rougarou is now friend.”
Take a moment, and use the comment function and write how you would caption this final image.
ps. The primary character is a little boy with his red hat and the rougarou (french for a werewolf). The red hat the boy wears is a metaphor for one’s false sense of security or comfort. The werewolf is a metaphor for things we fear in our psychological-spiritual lives. The “Gubbio” influence shifts the “little red riding hood” narrative of killing the wolf to making friends with it (ie. our fears). The “two-headed” image is the acceptance of our true selves (both good and evil). The sixth and final image reflects personal transformation to wholeness and love of self and others.
In the final image, the boy’s hat is gone and the color red has shifted to the heart representing the acceptance and love of one’s total self; both light and dark.
