This stunning bird of the sea represents nature's resilience and adaptability in the face of human progress. The bird, a symbol of freedom and majesty, is seen here perched upon an artifact of man, the post, itself made from and at the expense of the Earth—wood—against a backdrop of sea vessels themselves reliant upon the winds and the seas and built of forged metal that could only be possible in the last few centuries themselves floating peacefully against the backdrop of the infinitude of clouds, the sun and space beyond.
Without the bird to remind us, would we in fact forget that our humanness resides in direct inverse to what is non-human? Does the bird looking directly at you, not remind you of your own mortality and urgency to leave something of value to the world, the world that man has so lustily exploited without so much as a thank you?
