Be Strong & Have Courage
Artist’s Statement:
This depiction represents the wolf being in over its head and challenging someone who is up to the task. The man’s spear is behind him, driven into the wolf, while the wolf bites the man’s hand, which is holding the wolf’s face down. (The inverting colors depict the relative positions of the spear and the figures, showing where they cross over.)
This was the second-to-last design I finished, along with the “Hold Each Other Up” value. While working on the other 13 designs, I occasionally thought about how strength could be depicted. A bear, maybe? A killer whale, perhaps? Then I considered the most courageous act I could imagine, and fighting a wolf one-on-one was the rawest image I could think of. Wolves are massive and intimidating. It would take a brave and strong hero to face one alone.
Artist: John Trout