Mediterranean Gull – Meeting Places
‘You might think, to look at me, that I am a bird that whispers the secrets of the sea, or squawks them, but I’m the Mediterranean Gull, and you’d best get to know me! I cry the secrets of the coast, the shoreline, the cliffs, but especially the reeds, the marshes, the swampy wet places where sea meets land. I’m not about those huge open seas, nor am I about endless land, I love the meeting places. Perhaps you’ll not be surprised then, to learn that I also teach about meeting places! How to socialise, interacting with others, loving others and hating them, walking through a social life of literal pecking orders and subtler nuanced association.
‘I am not as brazen as some of my gull counterparts, but I’m not quiet either! I will be near you, and I will talk happily. Do you want someone to walk along the beach with you? To forage through the reeds? To find gems of wisdom in the places other people neglect? Look at how we can become so successful, commanding the places that people put second, to their detriment. I am joyful, determined and outspoken, but respectful and understanding too. I might look like so many of the others, but you will learn that I am only ever myself – as you are too.’