{"product_id":"love-story-with-birds-9781959984665","title":"Love Story with Birds","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe artist guides our eye to the clutter of the room\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eand the quality of light on the apples, and we wonder. She\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eattunes our ear to the scratch of the pen hurrying to write\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ethe most earnest supplications before self-consciousness\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003etakes over. Surely the fact that I worry means something.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSurely my room of so many days holds stories worth\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003esetting down. Consequence is an act of imagination.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eEveryone wants to imagine a consequential life. (from In My Room)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA heron slips along the shoreline as if on rice paper. A\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003egreat angler, he will place a reflective object on the water's\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003esurface-a pin oak leaf, for example-and watch for a fish\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eto investigate. The heron's patience, driven by necessity, \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003efar outstrips mine. Fifteen minutes in and I lower the\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ebinoculars to look for other birds. Meanwhile, the green\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eheron waits, motionless, seemingly dispassionate, until a\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003efish is in range and he strikes. Is it hyperbole to compare\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ethe jolt to lightning? His long neck shooting out and\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003esnapping back, he breaks the water's surface like a diver\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ewith barely a ripple and comes back with the catch. He is\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003efed because he waited, quiet and watchful. (from Green Heron)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Fomite","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50899769131282,"sku":"9781959984665","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_88049bc5-210c-449b-a141-26175f792db3.jpg?v=1738365074","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/love-story-with-birds-9781959984665","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}