This article is published in number 11 of Vanity Fair on newsstands until March 16, 2021
They also do what we all want to be able to do, but which we can only do in a dream: they fly ». You have to trust a great lover of the creatures of the sky like Jonathan Franzen, novelist and birdwatcher. Birds – he says – are found in every corner of the world, even in the most inhospitable places; the approximately ten thousand species have evolved “into a spectacular variety of forms.” Two meters tall or as small as a bee, “they are the most visible and widespread representatives of life on Earth before people came.” By keeping us connected to a natural world that is disappearing, they indicate the health of our ethical values. Which in Georgetown, Ontario looks good. A Canadian family handcrafted 201 birdhouses to give to the community. In these months of health crisis, Carol, Jamie and Maddie C. have been busy with wood and paint; then they placed the houses on the sidewalks, outside nursing homes, hospitals, schools, on the snowdrifts in the alleys, even on top of the hockey nets. Georgetown residents began to wonder who was behind the funny and colorful houses that sprung up here and there at night: the creators, who finally revealed themselves, spent five hours of darkness to bring their crazy little idea to fruition. The intent? Generating smiles: “With the darkness of this winter, closed in the house due to Covid, we wanted to bring joy among people”. And a bit of surprise: Jenny, for example, told the Toronto Star that she noticed the houses while she was accompanying the children to school. On each there is a beautiful phrase and an invitation to take it with you. It seemed like a good lesson for the children. Do you see? In difficult and unstable times, there is someone who strives to make us understand that we are a flock, that we are not alone.
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