"So now that you have written a booklet, we are going to desire a photograph of you and your bio for the again cover," my selected writer introduced as I debated the common association. "I don't believe so," I muttered sooner than sending him an autographed picture from one in every of my modeling shoots. "Why's that?" he requested. "You're no longer precisely not easy at the eyes!" he flattered as I shook my head. "It's now not approximately me, Andy," I retorted. "You see, it truly is approximately Pearl's lifestyles and adventures, yet greater than that, my sequence has develop into the way to unite the poets, singer-songwriters, artists, sculptures, small company vendors and supportive fanatics of the area that accept as true with my motivations. you can rescue and rehabilitate an endangered parrot yet is that going to forestall the destruction of the ordinary assets of her place of origin of Mohaka, Indonesia, making it a close to impossibility for her species besides the Tanimbar and Umbrella cockatoos from changing into an increasing number of scarce within the wild?" The one-word solution is "no." for my part, for what it really is worthy, the single solution to stop the buying and selling of endangered animals which are raised in captivity is to concentration our curiosity on different commodities that are not really so "high upkeep" similar to the humanities and that is why I reserve the again covers of my sequence for you to pay it ahead by means of thanking the artists of the realm for stepping as much as donate and/or public sale off their paintings with a view to aid red Pearl's Parrot Rescue, a 501(c)3 non-profit association (Federal Tax ID-46-4794769). so as of which they got here ahead, I expand my humble gratitude to Daisy Timonan for her attractive illustrations that she created in honor of Pearlybird; Tony Sanchez for his generously donated Giclêe and for delivering to just accept commissioned work to help us; Daniel Oropeza for internet hosting our first fundraiser at his outstanding studio; Donjo Medlevine for being a memorable pal of 20+ years and for stepping as much as create parrot sculptures in aid of our endeavors besides auctioning his different sculptures at our first fundraiser; Michael and Marie Parker for his or her contributions and donation of the beautiful Giclêe pictured above with Chloe Cockatoo and crimson Pearlybird at the entrance conceal underneath my acrylic portray titled, "Porsche"; and final yet i am definite is absolutely not least, Wyland for donating his autographed and constrained numbered lithograph to public sale off. within the recognized phrases of Martin Luther King, Jr., "If you cannot fly, then run. if you cannot run, then stroll. if you cannot stroll, then move slowly. yet no matter what you do, you should retain relocating forward." -- Respectfully yours, Jes Führmann, author