The following text was created as an accompaniment to the exhibition LIFE(T) IN STILL LIFE, the culmination of the project of the same name, which, through field trips and participatory events, seeks to revive the long-neglected site of Zátiší in Vodňany, South Bohemia. We are publishing the text here due to its more general validity – the ideas contained in it can be applied to any place on Earth. Over the years of studying birds, I have learned a lot, but the…