GREY HERON. Its name in the Irish Language is ‘Corr réisc’. The Latin name is ‘ARDEA CINEREA’. It is a GREEN LISTED bird in Ireland. A professorly, academic, knowledgeable looking bird. In his performance imagining this bird, Garrett creates a voice for the Heron. The collective nouns for the Grey Heron are flight, sedge, sege, glean, station, siege. In Irish mythology Heron and Crane are guardians of the treasures of the Otherworld. Herons are, on occasion, still referred to as Cranes in Ireland. Although they are a big, tall bird they are deceptively light in weight. Heron comes from the French language, Héron Cendré. Garrett also talks about the Heronry in Bushy Park and how in the early twilight hours the forest can evoke an eerie prehistoric scene.
Listen to more slurping tea, munching nuts, drawing, scribbling sounds whilst humming and random ramblings from Garrett while he imagines to look at this lovely bird from THE HIDE SCULPTURE.
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