Embroidered patch featuring a black outline of a bird inside a circular background with pastel color patchwork and green leaves.

The past is a great place to visit for perspective, but a terrible place to stay. Plus, it’s much easier to judge your previous life choices when you have a 360° range of motion and impeccable plumage.

embroidered patch featuring a rose with a bird and green leaves.

wood duck (chenonetta jubata)

A duck perched on a submerged log in a pond, with green plants and reeds in the background, and its reflection visible in the water.
A duck with brown and teal feathers standing on a fallen log in a calm body of water surrounded by green reeds and plants.

The face you make when you finally stop 'looking for yourself' and realise you’ve been right here the whole time, just standing on a rock.

.. its sometimes the most profound realisation you can have; when you’re already exactly where you’re supposed to be — even if that place is slightly confusing and involves a lot of direct eye contact.

Embroidery patch of a white bird inside a circular black background, surrounded by beige and brown floral shapes with green leaves.

Warning: May spontaneously start a conga line.

wood duck (chenonetta jubata)

Embroidery patch of a bird inside a rose with green leaves.