Blaine Black
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Songbird III , 2006
Bronze
- 10.5 " x 6.5 " x 6.5 "
- Symbolic of solitude and poetry, as well as spring, the songbird is a protective spirit closely associated with, of course, music. The Navajo have an interesting myth about the creation of songbirds. More recently, sailors adopted the habit of tattooing a songbird (swallow) for each 50,000 miles sailed. Some Norse myths depicted swallows picking up fallen soldiers by their shoulders. There is a fairy tale about a king who cages a songbird, hoping to protect it. The songbird dies, and is replaced by a mechanical bird. With this bird uncaged, may it serve as a reminder to keep a loose grasp on those things we love as well as to sing the song of your heart, of your soul!
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$1,500
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