COMPOSER | ILLUSTRATOR:
Matt Ottley
AUTHOR:
ABOUT:
A moving and visually stunning picture book that celebrates the transformative power of the creative process from inception through recognition to celebration and release into the world. We shadow the protagonist as she contemplates the blueprint of an idea, collects the things that inspire her from the natural world to shape a bird. Finally, she breathes life into it before letting it fly free. This work celebrates how small things, combined with a little imagination and a steady heart, can transform into works of magic.
THEMES:
Creativity, imagination, letting go, family, transformation.
ORCHESTRATION:
String quintet (two violins, viola, cello, double bass), piano, clarinet, French horn, narrator
RESOURCE NOTES:
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