Humanizing birds, giving them equal if not more importance than people

Elevating them to human status by ornamenting

and dressing them extravagantly

Mimicking portraits of nobility and aristocracy of

Renaissance and Baroque Europe

Portraits of rulers asserted their majesty in places

from which they were absent

In courtly settings, portraits often had diplomatic significance

Paintings are framed in elaborate gilded frames: just like people’s portraitures framed and hung prominently in homes of the elite

Displayed in groups to evoke portrait galleries of their illustrious ancestries

Portraits of birds are painted straight on. Birds are posing, just as

subjects did during those olden days while sitting for the painter

Your birds’ eyes are giving viewers an intense hypnotizing look,

telling them that they are just as smart as they are, if not smarter

They are very cognizant of what’s going on

They know what humanity is doing to

one another, to animals, and to the planet

They feel that tables should be turned and they should be in charge, not us

Ultimately, they are waiting for the day of reckoning, where

humanity self-implodes and “Wild Things” reign supreme - AGAIN

The End - And a new beginning is near.

unless…

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