{"id":27791,"date":"2020-11-23T07:33:58","date_gmt":"2020-11-23T15:33:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.heuermontage.com\/?p=27791"},"modified":"2020-11-23T07:34:01","modified_gmt":"2020-11-23T15:34:01","slug":"dreaming-while-snared-of-murmurations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.heuermontage.com\/?p=27791","title":{"rendered":"Dreaming, while snared, of murmurations."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I have been working on a project that, once again, tries to express the feelings associated with our current predicament: longing for freedom of movement and togetherness with others while being forced into spatial isolation. (I wrote about my last one along those lines <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heuermontage.com\/?p=24286\">here<\/a>.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"890\" height=\"594\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.heuermontage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/DSC_0139-copy-4-2.jpg?resize=890%2C594&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27816\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.heuermontage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/DSC_0139-copy-4-2.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.heuermontage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/DSC_0139-copy-4-2.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.heuermontage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/DSC_0139-copy-4-2.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.heuermontage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/DSC_0139-copy-4-2.jpg?resize=1536%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.heuermontage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/DSC_0139-copy-4-2.jpg?resize=560%2C373&amp;ssl=1 560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.heuermontage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/DSC_0139-copy-4-2.jpg?resize=80%2C53&amp;ssl=1 80w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.heuermontage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/DSC_0139-copy-4-2.jpg?w=1800&amp;ssl=1 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 890px) 100vw, 890px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The most recent exploration was initiated by watching a clip about those eerie kinetic artists, starlings, swooping through air in energetic and coordinated murmurations. The freedom of movement combined with a sense of communal action seemed like the perfect symbol for all that we deprived of right now during (in)voluntary quarantine due to Covid-19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Flight of the Starlings: Watch This Eerie but Beautiful Phenomenon | Short Film Showcase\" width=\"890\" height=\"501\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/V4f_1_r80RY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"890\" height=\"594\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.heuermontage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/P1134192-copy-3-1.jpg?resize=890%2C594&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27809\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.heuermontage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/P1134192-copy-3-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.heuermontage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/P1134192-copy-3-1.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.heuermontage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/P1134192-copy-3-1.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.heuermontage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/P1134192-copy-3-1.jpg?resize=1536%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.heuermontage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/P1134192-copy-3-1.jpg?resize=560%2C373&amp;ssl=1 560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.heuermontage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/P1134192-copy-3-1.jpg?resize=80%2C53&amp;ssl=1 80w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.heuermontage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/P1134192-copy-3-1.jpg?w=1800&amp;ssl=1 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 890px) 100vw, 890px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Artists have, of course, taken an interest in starlings for centuries. A contemporary one is photographer <a href=\"https:\/\/sorensolkaer.com\/cv\"><\/a><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/sorensolkaer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">S\u00f8ren Solk\u00e6r<\/a> who has observed the flights for many years now and published the images in a series called <em>Black Sun.<\/em> It&#8217;s worth clicking on the link below (Colossal) to see a spread of what he captured, some etherial beauty of stark landscapes in addition to the murmurations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"890\" height=\"323\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.heuermontage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Screen-Shot-2020-11-22-at-6.00.39-AM.png?resize=890%2C323&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27794\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.heuermontage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Screen-Shot-2020-11-22-at-6.00.39-AM.png?resize=1024%2C372&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.heuermontage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Screen-Shot-2020-11-22-at-6.00.39-AM.png?resize=300%2C109&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.heuermontage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Screen-Shot-2020-11-22-at-6.00.39-AM.png?resize=768%2C279&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.heuermontage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Screen-Shot-2020-11-22-at-6.00.39-AM.png?resize=1536%2C557&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.heuermontage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Screen-Shot-2020-11-22-at-6.00.39-AM.png?resize=560%2C203&amp;ssl=1 560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.heuermontage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Screen-Shot-2020-11-22-at-6.00.39-AM.png?resize=80%2C29&amp;ssl=1 80w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.heuermontage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Screen-Shot-2020-11-22-at-6.00.39-AM.png?w=1896&amp;ssl=1 1896w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.heuermontage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Screen-Shot-2020-11-22-at-6.00.39-AM.png?w=1780&amp;ssl=1 1780w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 890px) 100vw, 890px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">This project has taken me back to the landscape of my childhood and youth in the marshlands of Southern Denmark. A place where as many as one million starlings gather in the spring and fall, prior to onwards migration, and set the stage for one of nature\u2019s most spectacular phenomena. As the countless birds congregate in large murmurations before collectively settling in the reeds at dusk they put on an incredible show of collaboration and performance skills. And now and then, by the added drama of attacking birds of prey, the flock will unfold a breathtaking and veritable ballet of life or death. The starlings move as one unified organism that vigorously opposes any outside threat. A strong visual expression is created \u2013 like that of an ink drawing or a calligraphic brush stroke \u2013 asserting itself against the sky. Shapes and black lines of condensation form within the swarm, resembling waves of interference or mathematical abstractions written across the horizon. At times the flock seems to possess the cohesive power of super fluids, changing shape in an endless flux: From geometric to organic, from solid to fluid, from matter to ethereal, from reality to dream \u2013 an exchange in which real time ceases to exist and mythical time pervades. This is the moment I have attempted to capture \u2013 a fragment of eternity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"890\" height=\"593\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.heuermontage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Screen-Shot-2020-11-22-at-5.59.21-AM.png?resize=890%2C593&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27795\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.heuermontage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Screen-Shot-2020-11-22-at-5.59.21-AM.png?w=940&amp;ssl=1 940w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.heuermontage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Screen-Shot-2020-11-22-at-5.59.21-AM.png?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.heuermontage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Screen-Shot-2020-11-22-at-5.59.21-AM.png?resize=768%2C511&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.heuermontage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Screen-Shot-2020-11-22-at-5.59.21-AM.png?resize=280%2C185&amp;ssl=1 280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.heuermontage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Screen-Shot-2020-11-22-at-5.59.21-AM.png?resize=560%2C373&amp;ssl=1 560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.heuermontage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Screen-Shot-2020-11-22-at-5.59.21-AM.png?resize=80%2C53&amp;ssl=1 80w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 890px) 100vw, 890px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-wordpress wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-colossal\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"vfUeOZRQYl\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/2020\/11\/soren-solkaer-black-sun\/\">BLACK SUN: Amorphous Flocks of Starlings Swell Above the Danish Marshlands<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;BLACK SUN: Amorphous Flocks of Starlings Swell Above the Danish Marshlands&#8221; &#8212; Colossal\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/2020\/11\/soren-solkaer-black-sun\/embed\/#?secret=vfUeOZRQYl\" data-secret=\"vfUeOZRQYl\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"890\" height=\"594\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.heuermontage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/P1134170-copy-2.jpg?resize=890%2C594&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27803\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.heuermontage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/P1134170-copy-2.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.heuermontage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/P1134170-copy-2.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.heuermontage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/P1134170-copy-2.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.heuermontage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/P1134170-copy-2.jpg?resize=1536%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.heuermontage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/P1134170-copy-2.jpg?resize=560%2C373&amp;ssl=1 560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.heuermontage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/P1134170-copy-2.jpg?resize=80%2C53&amp;ssl=1 80w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.heuermontage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/P1134170-copy-2.jpg?w=1800&amp;ssl=1 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 890px) 100vw, 890px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>One of my favorite paintings of a young starling is by Dutch painter Jan Mankes (1889 &#8211; 1920) who, come to think of it, deserves his own YDP one of these days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"890\" height=\"621\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.heuermontage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Screen-Shot-2020-11-22-at-6.05.32-AM.png?resize=890%2C621&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27796\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.heuermontage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Screen-Shot-2020-11-22-at-6.05.32-AM.png?resize=1024%2C715&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.heuermontage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Screen-Shot-2020-11-22-at-6.05.32-AM.png?resize=300%2C209&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.heuermontage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Screen-Shot-2020-11-22-at-6.05.32-AM.png?resize=768%2C536&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.heuermontage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Screen-Shot-2020-11-22-at-6.05.32-AM.png?resize=560%2C391&amp;ssl=1 560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.heuermontage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Screen-Shot-2020-11-22-at-6.05.32-AM.png?resize=80%2C56&amp;ssl=1 80w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.heuermontage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Screen-Shot-2020-11-22-at-6.05.32-AM.png?w=1478&amp;ssl=1 1478w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 890px) 100vw, 890px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p> Starlings are often snared &#8211; they are perceived as a nuisance when they descend in great numbers onto cities, <a href=\"https:\/\/rove.me\/to\/rome\/starling-murmuration\">Rome<\/a> being a case in point, where 5 million of them spend the entire winter before flying to Scandinavia to nest in spring. The city, no longer allowing nets, now has taken to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2018\/nov\/23\/falcons-drafted-in-to-scare-off-defecating-starlings-from-rome\">releasing falcons<\/a> to hunt them and places loudspeaker with starling distress calls and calls by other predatory birds near their roosting sites. Why such efforts, you wonder? In one word: Poopocalypse&#8230;.. More than a nuisance are starlings at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.portseattle.org\/sites\/default\/files\/2019-06\/2008%20SEA%20WHMP_Fnl.pdf\">airports<\/a>, endangering safety when they get caught in the jets of planes  &#8211; Seattle&#8217;s airport SEA TAC catches over a thousand each year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"890\" height=\"594\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.heuermontage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/P1134178-copy-4-1.jpg?resize=890%2C594&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27810\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.heuermontage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/P1134178-copy-4-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.heuermontage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/P1134178-copy-4-1.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.heuermontage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/P1134178-copy-4-1.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.heuermontage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/P1134178-copy-4-1.jpg?resize=1536%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.heuermontage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/P1134178-copy-4-1.jpg?resize=560%2C373&amp;ssl=1 560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.heuermontage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/P1134178-copy-4-1.jpg?resize=80%2C53&amp;ssl=1 80w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.heuermontage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/P1134178-copy-4-1.jpg?w=1800&amp;ssl=1 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 890px) 100vw, 890px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In any case, I had to combine, for my own Covid response purposes in my montages, a sense of being snared with a sense of symbolic murmuration. You tell me if the sentiment is adequately captured.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"890\" height=\"594\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.heuermontage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/P1134173-copy-1.jpg?resize=890%2C594&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27811\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.heuermontage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/P1134173-copy-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.heuermontage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/P1134173-copy-1.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.heuermontage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/P1134173-copy-1.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.heuermontage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/P1134173-copy-1.jpg?resize=1536%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.heuermontage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/P1134173-copy-1.jpg?resize=560%2C373&amp;ssl=1 560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.heuermontage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/P1134173-copy-1.jpg?resize=80%2C53&amp;ssl=1 80w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.heuermontage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/P1134173-copy-1.jpg?w=1800&amp;ssl=1 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 890px) 100vw, 890px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Music today is in honor of Mozart&#8217;s starling &#8211; a bird he held as a pet. Details on that in an interesting interview <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/deceptivecadence\/2017\/04\/20\/524349771\/how-do-you-bond-with-mozart-adopt-a-starling\">here<\/a>. Apparently Mozart&#8217;s piece<em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=nx-N9I1eZyM\">Musical Joke<\/a><\/em> was part of their collaboration&#8230;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"890\" height=\"594\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.heuermontage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/DSC_0301-copy-3.jpg?resize=890%2C594&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27812\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.heuermontage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/DSC_0301-copy-3.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.heuermontage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/DSC_0301-copy-3.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.heuermontage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/DSC_0301-copy-3.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.heuermontage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/DSC_0301-copy-3.jpg?resize=1536%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.heuermontage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/DSC_0301-copy-3.jpg?resize=560%2C373&amp;ssl=1 560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.heuermontage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/DSC_0301-copy-3.jpg?resize=80%2C53&amp;ssl=1 80w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.heuermontage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/DSC_0301-copy-3.jpg?w=1800&amp;ssl=1 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 890px) 100vw, 890px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">&#8220;<em>Mozart&#8217;s&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=wzaQixVGoQg\" target=\"_blank\">Musical Joke<\/a>&nbsp;was completed very shortly after his starling died in 1787. And I&#8217;m not the first to make the connection between this starling and this piece of music. That was Meredith West in a&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1990\/04\/15\/arts\/music-view-a-mozarteanmuse-of-a-different-feather.html\" target=\"_blank\">1990 piece<\/a>&nbsp;for&nbsp;American Scientist&nbsp;magazine [co-written with Andrew King]. She noticed that musicians hated this piece because it made them sound really bad \u2014 a lot of disharmony, fractured phrases, very odd key changes. Finally, she noticed that if you overlaid some of the most disconcerting parts over the song of a starling, there are a lot of similarities. 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