Codex on the Flight of Birds of a kite as seeking a wind current. When the winds are high, one will see the bird very high in the sky, but when the winds are low, the bird stays closer to the ground. Leonardo describes how a bird rests in the air, after flapping its wings to gain altitude, by gliding downward to the ground. Folio 6 contains multiple diagrams of birds flying and their bone structure, and all of the commentary is on flight and how birds fly the way that they do. Leonardo starts off by describing how a bird ascends or descends in different
How Wings Are Attached to the Backs of Angels How Wings Are Attached to the Backs of Angels How Wings Are Attached to the Backs of Angels is a 1996 animated short by Canadian animator Craig Welch, produced by the National Film Board of Canada (NFB). While Welch's first film with the NFB, 1992's "No Problem", was influenced by the comic style of NFB animators Cordell Barker and Richard Condie, "How Wings Are Attached to the Backs of Angels" marked a distinct change in artistic direction, exploring such darker themes as death and desire, in a style that has been called "surrealistic." Welch has stated that one of the