THE BIRD ON THE STREET, 2nd week

What Is It Like To Be A Bat?
Saturday 18th October - Saturday 29th November
A solo exhibition of new work by Jan Crombie exploring the search for identity at different stages of life. Two groups of paintings: 'What the F*** is Beebo?' and 'What is it like To Be a Bat?' span childhood, adolescence and adulthood.
http://www.ovada.org.uk/exhibitions.php?exhibition_id=48

It might not actually be about bats, but it IS probably influenced by Thomas Nagel's philosophical essay of the same title. Which is also not actually about bats. But is really very interesting anyway.

BIRD OF THE WEEK, 1st/2nd week MT

Our display at freshers fair was, of course, triumphant, but we did not lose our heads. We used the alluring power of visuals to draw in supporters and, more importantly, quiz them about their favourite bird. Having analysed the results carefully, we are able to exclusively reveal that the FAVOURITE BIRD of Oxford's incoming class of 2008 is

THE OWL

in all its many forms.

The picture above depicts THE SPECTACLED OWL, which looks a bit like a monkey. This owl is a generally unsociable bird, he roosts singly in trees with dense foliage. Like most of us though, he has a strain of the romantic within; on calm, moonlit nights he becomes very vocal, making a series of knocking or tapping sounds which sound like this: "PUP-pup-pup-pup-pup-po". Naturally this is very exciting for lady owls, who respond with a scream "ker-WHEER", which has been likened to a steam whistle.

(Thank you to owlpages.com for vital owl info).

Owl right!

In the beginning was the bird...

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