superb owl--damn i never noticed that--thanks!!
"Great Owl of Bohemia"... https://www.vox.com/2015/1/31/7954445/superb-owl-facts
The owl, sculpted by Haig Patigian in the 1920s, is one of the focal points of the retreat, and it stands over the opening ceremony, which is called "the Cremation of Care" (in which an effigy of a child called "Dull Care" is sacrificed and burned on the lake. None of that is a typo).
Jesus H christ! owls are really freaking me out, these days
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