Last thoughts before going to bed
As I opened my first flickr account (in addition to my Yahoo, Shutterfly and a few more...) and read all the fuss about unlimited image storage etc, I was confronted with the possibility of all my images going out there for the world to see and I am not sure I convinced myself I am up for it. But why, you say?
Marcus and I have two birds: Dimanche, a mutant society finch and Neptune, a white zebra finch. We also have two cats, Damien and Lilith, both short hair tuxedo cats. I have a myriad pictures of the cats but none of the birds.
Native cultures believe that being photographed weakens the soul so Marcus and I made an unspoken pact to never photograph the birds since Nan got sick and died two years ago. Dimanche was Nan's companion and Nan was born to Dos and Yon (Tres flew away). Nan's sibling (Askum) and parents starved for her to live after Marcus left them for awhile to tend to a crisis. Nan survived but was always sick. He drew pictures of her and Dimanche and emailed them to me when I still lived in Chicago. Perhaps even drawing Nan was too much for her little soul to take. We came home after a trip to the desert and found her lifeless body at the bottom of the cage. Losing animals is very hard.
Dimanche is still well and after some solitude we partnered him with Neptune. They make a great couple. They will never be photographed and we hope that they can be waking us up in the morning with their chirping for years to come. I tell people that if they want to see the birds, they have to really come see them. Photographs of the birds not allowed please.
Damien and Lilith after all have at least nine lives...