Medium: watercolor pens on paper. 11" x 14" (*Prints may be ordered in a variety of smaller and larger sizes)
The background is from a chitenge pattern I saw a woman in my neighborhood wearing that featured cartoon binoculars and I fell in love with it immediately. Upon further research, I learned it's a Dutch wax print or Ankara design from West Africa. You can find this bold design on fabric and many others like it at: Shopafrican on Etsy.
On the symbolism of the ostrich, Auntyflo.com writes, "It has wings but does not fly, and yet its long neck gazes to the heavens and stands tall among other animals on the earth. This duality symbolizes that the ostrich is a capable animal yet chooses to remain with both feet on the ground... In ancient texts, it was regarded that the Ostrich could eat and digest anything even rocks. In nature, it is true that the ostrich eats hard objects such as stones in order to aid in digestion. In the same way, it teaches us to assimilate and take in everything and use it to our advantage. Even hard objects which are hard to swallow shall teach us valuable lessons."
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