What is it about a beautiful sunny afternoon, with the birds singing and the wind rustling through the leaves that makes you want to get drunk? –Jack Handey
For the Birds was inspired by an article I read in a Discover magazine in a doctor’s waiting room. Hundreds of birds mysteriously died en masse in Vienna, Austria, causing concern among scientists about a possible new outbreak of the avian flu. It turned out, though, that the sweet songbirds had died of alcohol poisoning after eating fermented berries. There were also reports of the birds’ exhibiting strange behavior before they died—crashing into cars, careening into the sides of buildings. Apparently nobody ever warned these birds not to fly drunk.
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In the Beginning...Revisited Sala Diaz, San Antonio, TX
September -October 2007
Statement In the Beginning...Revisited are digital drawings that reflect the Sunday school lessons that I was forced to learn as a child attending church religiously every Sunday. I recall how absurd the stories seemed and fantasized about what it must of been like to live through those experiences.
