Jessica Ann Willis, Simurgh, 2020, Pigment Print, 15”x15″, Simurgh is a benevolent, mythical bird in Iranian mythology and literature. There is a story where she comes to the aid of Zai, an orphan child she raised as her own. He summons her because he fears his wife will die in childbirth and she shows him how to perform a caesarian section which saves both his wife Rudabah and their son. She is normally depicted as being coppery in color (but I preferred a more raspberry color.)