The Smooshers Guild on Artfire have a new blogging challenge to go with lots of new members! This weeks prompt is 'Animal Instinct'. This got me thinking about animals doing what animals do best, being instinctive! (I know, I'm so literary you'd never guess I have an English degree :p) I think the basest instinct for all animals is freedom.
No matter how tame a wild animal is, it keeps its yearning and it's deep seeded knowledge of freedom with it. Even their cousins, the pets, recognise freedom and the joy it contains. Freedom for animals comes in many forms. The RSPCA in the UK has helped pass through the government the animal welfare act. It speaks of giving animals 5 freedoms, freedom to exhibit natural behaviours is one of them. Ever seen a pet rabbit or guinea pig, given the right environment and enough space, leaping for joy? Or your dog or cat, choosing to come back to you when the wilds beckon. They have the freedom to be happy.
I am a big animal lover and one animal type I will probably never have is birds. They are lovely creatures, but I will probably never have the space to enable them to just be birds, to fly. I hate the thought of clipping their wings and stripping them of that particular freedom. Maybe it's just my human mind, maybe the bird doesn't think like that. Generally if they're well fed, warm, and well looked after an animal can get by very well. But to me, I couldn't think of much worse than having the ability to FLY and have it taken away.
So in honour of birds and freedom and animal instinct, I give you some works from some very talented smooshers!
From Medusa's Adornments
From TH Designs
From Artsy Clay
From Valerie's Stuff
And... Not a bird, but it can still fly. From Phoenixart Studio
:)
Stop by the Smooshers blog to see all the shops in the guild, new and old alike.
I almost picked the topic of birds, Dee. I love hummingbirds and every other year they make their nest on a huge western chime I have by my front door. I leave the nest alone and so far...it seems like every other year, they come again and nest. At one time, I wanted a little bird sanctuary in my back yard with lots of trees but it would have had to be netted...so I decided against it. I'd rather see them flying and on their own. That's what I would want for myself if I had wings. Nice post and a nice collection of birds and flying creatures!
ReplyDeleteA fabulous post and delightful items to go with it!
ReplyDeleteLovely collection of birds. I've always had problems with the idea of caged birds. I live in a national park area with lots of birds in my garden and I enjoy sitting in my garden listening to them watching them fly in and out as they choose. Freedom is really important to me and I hate having my "wings" clipped. Great post.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing all of those cool items!
ReplyDeleteThe butterfly necklace is very nice!
Birds, butterflies, oh yeah. They are lovely. Great post.
ReplyDeleteGreat post!
ReplyDeleteWhen I was a little girl I used to love to lie in a field and watch the buzzards soaring very high up in the air. They rarely flapped their wings and just appeared to float. I would try to imagine what the world looked like from their vantage point hundreds of feet from the ground.
What a beautiful collection you have featured!
ReplyDeleteHuge bird lover here!!!! Have spent years trying to get my yard to the point it will draw birds in and it's finally happening and it's so awesome! I breed lovebirds, too, and if you haven't been around them you are totally missing out! Lovely post :o)
ReplyDeleteBeautiful post, Dee!
ReplyDeleteReally great post!
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