I am now thinking about constructing a lyre bird fortress.. Now, the reason why I choose to do so is because I needed some time to contemplate to myself how I will do things. Here's the plan:
The plan is to construct (out of wood) a lyrebird roosting site. Then, I shall embellish this site with a few pictures of a lyrebird in its native habitat. The little house or hut will have the sounds of the australian rainforest. The real (or statute) lyre bird will be sitting in its nest half-doing a display he displays to the female. I think it's about time to finalize my idea so I could get going with it.
This plan honors the bird, establishing a small-scale model of its habitat in circumstances in which encounters with the bird are not controlled. The plan suggests a longing for the bird, a need for the bird or a facsimile of the bird; perhaps a longing that may be partially explained by the bird's ability to reproduce sounds of just about anything it sonically encounters, reproduction that follows notice. To reproduce sound suggests that the reproduced sound has been noticed, heard in a way that allows for what sounds like, to us, accurate reproduction of the sonic structure. The bird apparently listens better and is more able to reproduce sonic details; its own way of sounding does not interfere with the bird's ability to form sonic patterns outside its own sound —most humans do not seem as capable of accurately reproducing sounds outside of those we become accustomed to making, so cannot even form well certain sounds of languages we do not speak natively or did not learn to speak by a certain age; most of us cannot overcome our sonic imprints as easily. Perhaps there is some envy of the lyrebird different mechanisms of hearing and vocalizing. The fortress then functions also as shrine, memorial.
ReplyDelete—I'm curious about the fortress aspect —to protect (the idea of) bird? A small sanctuary for the bird? Virtual or models of animals instead of actual captivity is a fine way of honoring living things without further altering habitats. It may turn out that virtual versions of living things may become the primary versions depending on the outcomes of various interactions with the systems that affect the health of ecosystems.