day 113 ~ counting crows

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"Well, I dreamt I saw you walking

up a hillside in the snow

casting shadows on a winter sky 

as you stood there counting crows

One for sorrow

Two for joy

Three for girls and four for boys

Five for silver

Six for gold

Seven for a secret never to be told

There's a bird that nests inside you

sleeping underneath your skin

yeah, when you open up your wings to speak

I wish you'd let me in."

"When I think of heaven

deliver me in black winged bird

I think of flying

down into a sea of pens and feathers

and all other instruments of faith and sex and god

in the belly of a black winged bird"

;)

Crow Magnet Man:

paper mache, magnetic paint, sealant, 88 handmade Scrabble tile and flattened bottle cap magnets

Crow Magnet Man is my contribution to the first international Skull Appreciation Day Invitational Exhibition. The show is running from June 5th to July 8th at Gallery 5 in Richmond, VA. 

Approximately, 100 artists are participating to raise funds for the Richmond Peace Education Center. Each has received a paper mache skull onto which they will weave their magic.   

Quoted lyrics are from Counting Crows, "Rain King" and "A Murder of One" both of which are on "August and Everything After".

Thanks to Madonna, Phil and Noah for inviting me to participate in this project. 

If you are working on a skull for this exhibition, please feel free to share a link to yours.