Ari: Why do birds exist, anyway?

Dante: Birds exist to teach us things about the sky.

If we studied birds, maybe we could learn to be free.

What is it about birds that makes us think of freedom? 

Is it the act of them flying in a colossal open canvas? 

Or is it their ability to decide for themselves if they want to fly with or against the wind?

To me, it’s just their way of existing. 

Is it their purpose? I don’t really know.

I don’t know what to call it. 

But I think the reason why we perceive it, rather associate their way of living to freedom is because of the seemingly uninterrupted time they have up there. 

And yes, the idea of flying is very eternal and soulful.

It’s actually a power that a lot of people want to possess;

I, being one of them. 

PS- The dialogue above is an excerpt from the book “Aristotle and Dante discover the Secrets of the Universe” by Benjamin Alire Sáenz.