Sparrow

I'm star struck by what seems like perfection in the natural world.
The way the feathers lay smooth on a sandhill crane.
Primaries, secondaries, tertials. Feathers that work together for the purpose of dance, lift-off and flight.  A wing that took eons to create.


As a land planner, one of my motives is the creation and protection of native habitat for birds.  Although I strive to replicate what I see in nature, it's tough to mimic what took millions of years to create. I do the best that I can.


Maybe that's why I'm drawn to origami?  I can meditatively fold a square piece of paper into a crane in five minutes or less.  Not as beautiful as the original, but a beautiful symbol of the real deal.