Bellman & Black

“A stone is a small thing. A bird is a small thing.”

William kills a rook with a stone when he is just a boy. That one tiny moment of cruelty follows him for the rest of his life.

“Work was his refuge. Work was his salvation.”

Grief can turn into a full time job if you let it. William builds an entire business around death just to keep his mind busy.

“Black was the color of the day. Black was the color of his life.”

Black fabric hides a lot of pain. There is something haunting about how he turns mourning into a retail empire.

“The rook remembers. The rook does not forget.”

Rooks never forget a face. Watching those birds watch William gave me the chills every single time.