While walking to the office the other day, I happen to glance down and see this little guy lying on the ground. I have a soft heart and love birds, so it made me sad to see this tiny baby bird there dead on the pavement. I gave him a proper grave at least, but not much else to do but draw him of course.
The poor little dude didn’t have a chance; never will get to fly. Nature is cruel. There are no excuses or undo’s. We humans generally walk around feeling like we are immune to the harsh whims of nature, or maybe, if it does happen, it’ll affect someone else. The samurai would “freshen their mind with death” every morning as a reminder that life is a brief and fragile gift. All of this was on my mind as I made my drawing.
If you haven’t flown in a while, might be a good day to make the leap and stretch those wings again.
Until next week, keep throwing that light out there and I’ll do the same.
OK HW
