Have you seen the crows?

They are everywhere.

On the telephone wires as I drive down West Club Boulevard in Durham.

In yards, in fields, in the woods, in parking lots , and always by the side of the road.

In groups, in pairs, they gather.

Sometimes I hear them before I see them. A few stark and loud caws from, a tree, or just somewhere in the distance.

They are talking to each other.

Like us, crows are social animals.

They live in families connected to large groups; they use tools; they play; they store food.

A wild species is living, loving, mating in our midst.

They have learned to live all around us, yet they are wild and free.

.

I make Crows. It began to dawn on me that I am drawn to making crows because they represent two values I hold sacred-freedom and community. As artists and humans we need both.