Letter from Me

Starlings' murmuration consists of a flock moving in synch with one another, engaging in clear, consistent communication and exhibiting collective leadership and deep, deep trust. Each individual bird focuses attention on their seven closest neighbors and thus manage a larger flock cohesiveness and synchronicity (at times upwards of over a million birds)

I’ve been thinking a lot on local activism, the type of community I want to live in and contribute to, and what questions I need to challenge myself with to be able to collaborate, create, shift, (rinse & repeat), and sustain whatever that future is.

Am I in an intentional murmuration? If not, how do I get there? And if so, who are my seven closest starlings?

ANNI POPPEN

Owner/Artivist of Mowgli Studio • Pitbull Mama to Gertie & Vinnie • Vegan at Keep On Vegan On