"bird by bird"

“I can’t think of any activity that more fully captures what it means to be human in the modern world than watching birds.”
The Life of the Skies by Jonathan Rosen



The title of Anne Lamott's book, "bird by bird, Some Instructions on Writing and Life", was taken from a discussion between the author’s father and her ten year old brother. Her brother was struggling with a school report on birds that he had been given three months to write. As he sat at the table surrounded by books and papers, overwhelmed by the project that he hadn’t even begun, he asked his father’s advice. Putting his arm around his son, Anne’s father said, “Bird by bird, buddy. Just take it bird by bird.”
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