{"id":137190567,"date":"2023-09-20T12:30:35","date_gmt":"2023-09-20T12:30:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lazyandentitled.org\/?p=137190567"},"modified":"2023-09-20T12:30:35","modified_gmt":"2023-09-20T12:30:35","slug":"ekphrasis-herons-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lazyandentitled.org\/?p=137190567","title":{"rendered":"Ekphrasis: Herons Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"

“…if I’d used the hidden camera I’dve had things that I don’t have. But I’d never use it. I hate sneaky photographers. There’s no respect.”- Jill Freedman to Studs Terkel, ‘Working’<\/h2>

But first, <\/em>Vine<\/a> updates: Monday was Chapter 12: \u201cHymns and Proverbs of Vine.\u201d<\/a> Tuesday was Chapter 13: \u201cChristina The Astonishing Part One.\u201d<\/a> Today is Chapter 14: \u201cChristina The Astonishing Part Two.\u201d<\/a> You can maybe guess what tomorrow is, but probably not Friday!<\/em><\/p>

This week has somehow gotten away from me already, and it\u2019s only Tuesday. Well, you\u2019re reading this on a Wednesday. Aw hell, it\u2019s an ekphrasis week, on a topic very important to the people of Vine: herons. A screaming heron is gives the Revelation of Vine<\/a>. Herons take on later significance, but that\u2019s spoiler territory at this point. <\/p>

Also, herons are important to me because I grew up on a river with a lot of Great Blue Herons, and they\u2019re among my mom\u2019s favorite birds. Hi, Mom. <\/p>

(For earlier entries in the ekphrasis series, check out the explainer<\/a>, crabs<\/a>, ghosts<\/a>, and haunted houses<\/a>)<\/p>

Alright alright, get the boat in the water already, I hear ya. Onto the first heron!<\/p>

\"File:Ardea<\/figure>

This is a Gray Heron. This is a real Norm Gunderson<\/a> photo of a heron. That wall of green stalks. That slightly-open-smile face. What a great opening picture. Who picked this? Top notch stuff. Don\u2019t you like herons? <\/p>

\"File:Heron<\/figure>

This is a heron in a tree. Being birds, herons do like trees. Being water birds, that\u2019s easy to forget. This dude, looks like they\u2019ve got a nest going. Continuation of the species. Whenever humans talk about the \u201ccontinuation of the species\u201d it\u2019s usually VC-coded and fascist. Whenever we talk about the continuation of animal species, it makes us conservationists. I don\u2019t think\u2014when we talk about broken things\u2014that we talk about our relationship to nature enough. <\/p>

\"File:Great<\/figure>

This is a Great Blue Heron on Thoreau Lake. Even though herons are great, biiiig birds, they too can easily be swallowed by the vastness of nature. None of us are immune to cosmic insignificance. Great voids, they come for Great Blue Herons, too. Yet on this lake\u2014with all that marsh\u2014the heron is not without dignity. <\/p>

\"File:Little<\/figure>

This is a Little Blue Heron. They look like they\u2019re processing the fact that some herons are \u201cGreat Blue<\/a>\u201d and some are \u201cLittle Blue.<\/a>\u201d Implied rankings in species names are a human-made construct, my heron dude. You\u2019re all great, to me.<\/p>

\"File:Heron<\/figure>

This is a Melanocephalous Heron. This heron knew we had to end on a dramatic one. Look at that photo. Posing! Pos-i-tive-ly silhouetted<\/em>. High contrast dawn\/dusk photos are lowkey goated when silhouette is the vibe<\/a>. What\u2019s Simba and Nala got on that? Nothing. Exquisite, heron. <\/p>

Sorry you got an email, <\/p>

Chris<\/p>

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