“This is what birds see. Only they're free and safe. The very opposite of me.”

“Movement is most of what a bird is. When they're dead, they're only feathers and air.”

“He made the boxes because he was lonely. He didn't have anyone to love, and he made the boxes so he could love them, and so people would know that he existed, and because birds are free and the boxes are hiding places for the birds so they will feel safe, and he wanted to be free and be safe. The boxes are for him so he can be a bird.”

“What is it like to be so free - so trapped, but so free? What kind of bird sings only when caught? What kind of slave outshines and rises above her master?”

“There shall come a day when Birds shall be free... :) and humans will see...”

“Why a bird?"Another shrug. "They're free you know? They can go anywhere they want, whenever they want. They can just spread their wings and go.”