Peck, Finch, Mockingbird

Gregory Peck played Atticus Finch in the film version of To Kill A Mockingbird. That factual statement is like a verbal nesting doll. After hearing the lovely music that Scot composed for this week's song, I decided that it should be about the destruction of and perhaps too, the fight to preserve innocence. I liked the idea of juxtaposing the imagery of hollow boned birds and nesting dolls. Nesting dolls are hollow until you get down to the smallest, densest doll. Perhaps this is symbolism? Inner child, anyone? And it is their hollow bones that allows birds to whistle over our heads. They are free to fly because of their lightness. Birds also start out encased in eggs. Every time a bird hatches from it's egg it's like the sky is reborn. This song is about trying to cling to the core of who we are before we are forced to encase ourselves and amass layers of protective self.



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