When is a bird box not a bird box?

On platform 1 ( of 2) of a little rural train station, in the heart of the Sussex Downs …

… a group of local artists set upon a project to revamp its slightly tired appearance. A host of identical bird boxes were attached to the wall – though not to entice the local bird population to nest, but for something altogether unexpected …

I was among those artists, and it allowed me a germ of an idea …

‘Mystery’ – for that was his name – was placed in the box …

… all but hidden with his thoughts …

And as he watched and waited, he pondered the world …

He was hanging there a month before, along with his mysterious companions, he vanished …

Never to be seen again.

 

 

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