Friday
Birds. I had a sudden flash of something and I decided to follow it. I saw a feather on the ground and figured birds are universal – they are everywhere. And there are hundreds of different birds, thousands, but they are all still birds, they still have feathers and beaks and wings. And I thought that’s like people, millions of different people, but they are all still people.
So I thought I would follow this up a bit: see if it leads anywhere.
I went to the library and looked at lots of birdie books, not really sure what I was looking for so I searched for any strange birds or any really big birds. I found one bird called the Superb Fairy Wren which was very small, and another called the Red Crowned Crane or the Japanese Crane.
Turns out the Japanese Crane was what I was looking for. It has a story behind it about a little Japanese girl who was diagnosed with Leukemia due to the radiation from Hiroshima. This 12 year old girl vowed to make 1000 Origami Cranes because an old myth says if you make 1000 the Crane will grant you one wish. And she wanted to live.
