Beginnings. First steps, especially those taken instinctively, without research or planning. The flow of energy, beyond morality or teachings. A brown-headed cowbird chick inhabits the nest of an indigo bunting. Like the European cuckoo, cowbirds are “brood parasites,” meaning they lay their eggs in the nests of other birds and rely on those bird’s parenting instincts to raise the cowbird’s chicks. (11)
Emi Brady (artist) and Rachel Pollack (author)
tiny brown bird studio
2020
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