I used to live with two cockatiels (not at the same time), and the antics of parrots cheer me up.
I've discovered there are many mini-videos of such on Instagram (or TikTok--I'm not actually on TikTok, but it made a better sounding title). I watch them and they always make me smile.
THIS parrot, below, would be a star in a 10-second video!
That's an African Grey Parrot, and they are super smart and talkative, you know, and parrots in general give the best stink-eye.
I can just see this parrot in motion, eyeing the orange on the floor, bobbing and squawking, "pick it up! pick it up".
The painting is by Manet (of course), " Young Lady in 1866", at the Met.
Critics at the time said it was indicative of Manet’s "current vice" of failing to "value a head more than a slipper."
I'm not recreating any more Manet this week, except for "A Bar at the Folies-Bergere" for Sunday.
