Evolving Art Series 13 Cryptobiology* in Driftwood Art Birds - Descendants of the Archaeopteryx.

 Evolving Art Series 13 

Cryptobiology* in Driftwood Art

Birds - Descendants of the Archaeopteryx. 

Dr Abe V Rotor

Philippine eagle (Pithecophaga jefferyi), nature's art in driftwood -

a lucky find among uprooted and burned madre de caacao trees, 

waste of swidden or kaingin farming in woodlands. 

Into the sky this giant among Aves,

rises with all its strength sublime,

enthroned in wood gone to waste. 

Look, it's our own eagle in its prime!

In the likeness of an eagle or hawk, I mounted these pieces 

of driftwood against a background depicting its natural habitat. 

Darwinian evolution, Part 2, or is it? 

It's beyond this world to comprehend,

where superstition and science meet,

and debate continues without end. 

It resembles the Philippine hawk or lawin flying majestically in the sky. 

 I found this rare piece of wood cum bark of an old talisay (Terminalia 

catappa) uprooted by a typhoon on our homelot in San Vicente,

 Ilocos Sur, circa 2012 

A legendary bird for children,

singular pride of our nation;

 but we'll be losing this long time friend, 

now at the brink of extinction.

Archeopteryx reconstructed from fossil

Cryptobiology: Study of creatures around myths and beliefs 

*Cryptobiology is the study of cryptids, creatures around which myths exist but whose current existence has never been verified. Some famous cryptids include bigfoot, the Loch Ness monster, and the chupacabra. Cryptids are elusive creatures that dance on the fringes of human perception, whose existence has not been proven by science, but has been reported by many eye-witnesses. Modern science has proved the existence to creatures that existed only in imagination and fantasy.