RiverRaven

Hello! My name is Mandy and I am a self-taught artist, both digital and traditional; drawing is mostly a hobby. My actual profession is in animal behaviour and welfare science: I am a biologist, with a Masters' degree in behavioural ecology. At this moment I am doing a PhD project, studying behaviour and welfare of companion (grey) parrots, with a focus on foraging and feeding behaviour. I love birds, especially parrots and corvids, and I have five feathered friends in my home (budgies and cockatiels). The music I listen to is metal, rock or alternative, and most instrumental music (I can be very picky when it comes to music).

From time to time I accept commissions. Just send me a note!

I made a ko-fi account for this purpose: ko-fi.com/riverraven (but I never use it)

Favorite Quotes:

- "Shoot me again, I ain't dead yet" (Metallica)

- "Your words will never hurt me. They'll never break my bones" (Anouk - Wanna Little Something)

- "Logic is for people who are too lazy to aimlessly try things out." (Adventure game 'Deponia', character Rufus)

- "And if head and heart are equal, with which facility do you decide whether to follow the one or the other?" (Brent Weeks, 'The broken eye', p.574-575)

- "Listen to the crow call the raven black." (George RR Martin, 'A Game of Thrones', p.427)

- "Talking ain't knowing." (TV show 'The Wire', character Lester Freamon)

- "You cannot solve problems with the same thinking that created them." (source?)

- "Cherish those who seek the truth, but beware of those who find it." (TV show 'Grimm', s05e02)

- "The burden of proof always lies with those making the claim" (source?)

- "Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity." (source?)

- "Why should I respect a capricious, mean-minded, stupid God who creates a world which is so full of injustice and pain?" (Stephen Fry on God: www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5RtDp…)

- "Sometimes you've got to fall before you fly" (ehh, internet)

- "I sure got my feathers burned, but I'm stronger than the flames" (Tarja Turunen - My Little Phoenix)

- "You won't miss the water until the river runs dry" (source?)

- "The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts." (Bertrand Russell; in a meme on Facebook)

- "Any man who must say ‘I am the king’ is no true king." (Tywin Lannister in TV series Game of Thrones)

- "The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing." - Albert Einstein

- "This planet can provide voor human need, but not for human greed." (Jane Goodall based on a quote by Mahatma Gandhi)