The Oracle Speaks — Sanctuary (for Kerfe)

Bright brown bird, a peace on green, sanctuary between earth and cold moon. brown thrasher photo by Thomas Cizauskas both a magnet poem *and* an American Sentence I looked at the word list given today at magnet poems and “bright brown bird” jumped out at me.  I immediately thought of Kerfe’s “Draw a Bird Day”…

Draw a bird day October 8, 2022 — magpie

I followed along on youtube with a person drawing a magpie and the above is what resulted.  My amendments mean it is unknown which particular species of magpie this is.  If anyone knows, please let me know. Magpies are birds of the Corvidae family. Like other members of their family, they are widely considered to…

Draw a Bird Day — July 8, 2021 — Eastern Bluebird male

Birds are icons across cultures serving as feathered pantheon of our attributes and emotions. Sorrows plummet on crow’s wings. Joy’s infusion in a bluebird’s sighting. The drawing is the first time I’ve used a youtube how-to video to draw anything. It works pretty well especially since it can be paused and replayed. The dimensions are…

Draw a Bird Day — Belted Kingfisher

scanned copy of the drawing but the platen wasn’t big enough to capture the whole thing, so… cell phone photo of the drawing I first heard about Draw a Bird Day when I saw Kerfe Roig’s post with one. Since then I learned there is a Draw a Bird website with a gallery full of…