Westward Ho! is the result of my exploration of phenomena of hidden animals or cryptids. Eastern cougars in Vermont, Sasquatch in the Pacific Northwest, and Tasmanian tigers in Australia lurk on the margins of biological and temporal impossibility, but are purportedly seen by multiple witnesses. Humans still seek to describe complex ideas and events with mythical language, and the space cryptids inhabit allows the sense of wonder and mystery to persist alongside vernacular science, ecological anxieties, and the weight of history.
