I am playing catch up with my POD (Point of Departure) creations. For the subject of animals, Laurel gave me a beautiful photo of a bird called a quetzal. Not knowing too much about this colourful bird I went to the web to get more info.
Resplendent quetzals live in the forests of Central America. Both the male and female have brilliant blue, green and red colouring. However, only the male has the long train formed by twin tail feathers which can grow up to three feet long. This site has more information. But, the last fact I will share here is that the currency units traded in Guatemala are called "quetzals". I found that fact to be interesting enough to include a reproduction of a paper quetzal in my piece.
I do not feel this POD to be my strongest. Yet, as discussed briefly with Laurel yesterday, our POD project is meant for us to try anything we want. Any medium, any process... to let loose with no audience or outcome in mind.
Now, I am going to practice that again with the next POD subject: food
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