"Burning Butterflies," the poster for last year, had a figurative motif. 1 took "A Multitude of Birds" as my theme for 1984 because I wanted to create a bright, dynamic image.

There is a song called EI cant dels ocells ( The Song of the Birds) that was composed by the Spanish Catalan cellist Pablo Casals, a friend of Picasso's, on the basis of a Catalonian folk tune. Of this song, Casals has said that: "Birds sing when they are in the sky, and their sang sounds to me like: "Peace, Peace, Peace!" This song moved and inspired me and, since hearing it, 1 have taken to sketching 3.nd observing the birds that visit my garden. Watching the birds, 1 began to see how human they look in their behavior. This poster eatures seventeen birds, but they are drawn to emphasize their human qualities. There are old birds and young. They are drawn with yes wide open and mouths agape as if clamoring to communicate something. What that is, I leave to the imaginations of the people who view this•poster. I have nicknamed this poster: Love & Peace. lt may well be a commonplace phrase, but I believe it remains the iternal wish for humankind.