The Shadow Birds

     I've had a few people ask me about the Shadow Bird mythology.  I thought it would be appropriate to explain this in a journal entry.

     Shadow Birds are the messengers of Day Dreams, intuitive and mindless wanderings, and that little thought that either makes one smile from the heart or spontaneously giggle.  Everybody has one and they spend their time flying from Sagawood, the place where ideas and thoughts are created, to their human companions (They tend to perch within 'mindshot' of you).  
     They also change form.  Most of the time, a Shadow Bird is a little song bird.  However depending on the companion's mood, the Shadow Bird can change to a stronger, larger bird so it can help out during difficult times.  
     However, when it's time for the Shadow Bird's companion to pass away, this is when the Shadow Birds takes on it's largest form and dons an elaborate saddle or sedan chair and waits to see if it's spirit friend wants to go to Sagawood.  Sometimes the spirit says no, but if yes, then the spirit's feathered companion takes flight with the him or her and becomes apart of the world where ideas and thoughts are made.


     How do I know this?....a little bird told me!  


     When I come up with Shadow Birds, I just listen to sounds around me whether it be the tunes playing on my CD player, the sounds of the wind breezing through the Bruce Trail (the forest that I live near) or the music piped from a coffee house sound system.  I let them flow to my pencil and every now and again I need a little reference.  Who dosen't!  (Unlike the Feather Dancer, the mother of all Shadow Birds, she dances them out!)

~Pat Ann~