CWSE Hallway Gallery, OISE 252 Bloor Street West, 2 nd Floor Toronto. Opening: Tues. Sept. 18, 2018, 5.30PM - 7PM and running until Jan 1, 2019. Many of us are curious about the unknown, wonder about all that glimmers in the firelight. Something magical preys on those of us who have wandering minds. This is the place of folklore. I’ve been fascinated with monsters and magic since I was a young child, as most of us are, but I did not grow up and away from this fairy-tale mind. If anything, I grew more deeply committed to the “enchanted” story as a writer, an illustrator, and a translator of the emotions and thoughts. The satyr, once a lustful, male-dominated mythical creature, is now a wistful spirit who is unregulated by common understandings. She is air. “A child of nature, pure, tame and fearless, but with the brutal instincts necessary to enable [her] to defend [her]self against threats.” The selkie, usually a hapless maiden of the sea who is coerc
