Drawing Number Two

As with drawing number one, drawing number two was a mystery to me.

In doing research I found that since ancient times, birds with their connection to the sky have long been thought of as a supernatural or mythical link between heavens and earth.

Middle eastern and Asian cultures often conceptualize birds as symbols of immortality. In East Indian myth, every bird in the world represents a #departed soul, and in Christian art birds often appear as saved souls. In art form birds are frequently depicted as souls flying free of their earth-bound bodies and seeking the heavens.

More broadly birds may be said to represent a passage between the physical world and spiritual world. Birds in flight may also represent freedom.

As awful as Nine Eleven was, I hope this drawing represents the souls of our loved ones being set free and ascending into heaven.