Andrew Bird and Chicago

Sitting in the quiet of my apartment on the edge of the U of Toronto campus, enjoying the early morning sunshine on the leaves which are changing outside of my window, the gun violence of the states seems very far away. But this morning I stumbled upon a music video created by Andrew Bird (one of my more favorite musicians), which he made in collaboration with the advocacy group Everytown for Gun Safety. I’m convinced that creative responses like this can help us move forward, even as it brought me to tears…