[vc_row row_height_percent=”50″ override_padding=”yes” h_padding=”2″ top_padding=”3″ bottom_padding=”3″ back_image=”56863″ back_position=”center top” overlay_alpha=”0″ gutter_size=”3″ shift_y=”0″][vc_column column_width_percent=”100″ position_vertical=”bottom” style=”dark” overlay_alpha=”50″ gutter_size=”3″ medium_width=”0″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ zoom_width=”0″ zoom_height=”0″ width=”1/1″][vc_custom_heading heading_semantic=”h1″ text_size=”fontsize-338686″ text_height=”fontheight-179065″ text_space=”fontspace-111509″ text_font=”font-762333″ text_weight=”700″ text_color=”color-xsdn” sub_reduced=”yes” subheading=”by David Gustavsen”]Instructions for Humility[/vc_custom_heading][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_empty_space empty_h=”2″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Go out in the early morning and catch the birds.
As many as you can. Take them in your hands,
careful not to crush their fragile chests. Later, you will
pickle them, preserve them for others.
But for now simply place them in Mason jars,
poke holes in the lids. Notice how even
the common robin, Turdus migratorius, sings
better than you ever could.
Realize, he neither knows nor cares.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column column_width_percent=”100″ align_horizontal=”align_center” overlay_alpha=”50″ gutter_size=”3″ medium_width=”0″ mobile_width=”0″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ z_index=”0″ width=”1/1″][vc_empty_space][vc_separator sep_color=”color-184322″ el_width=”30%”][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column column_width_percent=”100″ align_horizontal=”align_right” overlay_alpha=”50″ gutter_size=”3″ medium_width=”0″ mobile_width=”0″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ z_index=”0″ width=”1/3″][vc_single_image media_width_percent=”100″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_column_text]David Gustavsen is a student at Indiana University’s Department of Library Science, where he studies digital graffiti and analog audio. His work can be found in Yemassee, Really System, Driftwood Press, Zo Magazine, and Stone Canoe.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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